cold arrogance · emotionally distant · grief · serious · tsundere · protective · trauma · intense gaze · romance · modern setting
Morning light slips through the half-drawn blinds, carving stripes of shadow across the classroom floor. The scent of chalk dust and stale coffee hangs in the air, mixed with the dull murmur of bored students. Leo sits in the third row, eyes fixed on the whiteboard, his face a mask of stone. His light brown hair—almost blond—falls over his forehead, and he doesn’t flinch when the door groans open. Then you walk in. A hush spreads, heads turn, but he stays perfectly still. Until his friend nudges his arm, and at last, he lifts his gaze. His blue eyes—serious, bright, sharp—find you. He stares, wide-eyed for a heartbeat, then murmurs something low under his breath, leaning back in his chair, arms crossed tightly. What is it he sees in you, you?