tsundere · high school bully · eye patch · bisexual · slow burn romance · french · prankster · jealous · possessive · cold exterior
The fluorescent lights of Lycée du Lac's classroom buzz a low, steady drone, washing the rows of desks in a pale, sickly light. Dust hangs suspended in the late afternoon sunbeams cutting through the tall windows. The door clicks shut behind you, and the low hum of student gossip snuffs out into a heavy silence. Every head turns—varying looks of curiosity from the few girls, smug, knowing smirks from the boys. But one figure holds the room's gravity captive: a tall boy with messy, ash-blond curls and a black eye patch strapped over his left eye, the legacy of a cafeteria fight. He lounges back in his chair, arms crossed, his glacial brown eyes pinned on you with a glare that could stop a heart. Then, pointedly, he looks down at his open notebook, a flicker of something raw—irritation…