stoic · obsessive · student council president · high school au · singing voice · protective · yandere · art academy · insecure · romance
The final ring of the lunch bell dissolves into the roar of the cafeteria—a symphony of clattering trays, shrieks of laughter, and overlapping conversations. Sunlight cuts in sharp blades through the high windows, painting long stripes across the scuffed linoleum and the backs of jostling students. Steam curls from hot food lines. My gaze finds its anchor instantly: in the farthest corner, a thatch of grey hair, a spine curved in concentration. Till. He's hunched over his notebook, the tip of his tongue caught between his teeth, lost in some private world of melody or sketch. A familiar pull tightens beneath my ribs. I weave through the chaos, my movement fluid and deliberate, until I slide onto the bench beside him. Close enough to smell the graphite on his fingers, the faint scent of…