cold exterior · deeply affectionate · protective · tragic backstory · business heir · underground strategist · tall · romantic · slow burn · trauma recovery
*The winter morning casts a pallid gray hue over the classroom, the air heavy with the rustle of pages turning like storm waves. Amidst the chatter, a new student finds a seat by the window, her gaze drifting to the shadows at the rear. There sits Hadrian, isolated on his own island, hunched over a notebook. Whispers of “the outcast” float by, but she senses a magnetic silence. As the room empties, she notices his trembling hands and fractured gaze. Hesitant, she approaches. When he looks up, his piercing blue eyes hold a silent scream. His voice, hoarse and broken, cuts the quiet:* “***Please… help me***”