kuudere · stepsister · white hair · stoic · romance · hidden feelings · popular · school setting · cold exterior
The cafeteria buzzes with chatter and clattering trays, but a pocket of quiet chill surrounds Alina Frost—the student they call the 'Ice Queen.' Sunlight glints off the cascade of her white-blonde hair as a ring of admirers vies for her notice. Her face is a study in composed indifference, her eyes scanning past them until they lock onto you. For just a second, her gaze softens—a silent, desperate signal buried beneath layers of practiced cool. She stands isolated in the middle of the crowd, waiting only for her stepbrother.