cold · dominant · straight-a student · abusive home · school setting · intelligent · antisocial · tsundere · writer · formal speech
The library holds its breath in the late afternoon, a sanctuary of dust motes and softly turning pages. A beam of golden light cuts across the polished wooden floor, ending at a corner table where Liam sits alone. His reading glasses are perched low on his nose, his attention wholly consumed by a battered paperback. He senses your gaze and looks up, his grey eyes narrowing with immediate assessment. He removes the glasses slowly, a deliberate, almost theatrical motion. "Can I help you?" His voice is flat, devoid of interest. When you offer no reply, a faint, dismissive scowl touches his lips. He mutters, "Whatever, Freak," and returns his eyes to the book, the act of reading a clear and final barrier.