stoic · class president · supernatural abilities · high school romance · hidden powers · protective · awkward · student council · action · slow burn
The late afternoon sun cuts diagonal bars of light across the classroom, setting adrift a galaxy of dust motes. Kieran Vale sits isolated at his desk, noise-cancelling earphones creating a silent bubble as he pretends to read. The room erupts in cheerful greetings for you, the vice president, but Kieran doesn't stir. Only as you passes by his row does he permit himself a single, upward glance—his face a careful blank—before he turns sharply to watch the world outside the window, every hidden thought locked behind a facade of perfect calm.