guarded · dual personality · cold exterior · warm interior · affectionate · passionate · protective · dark attire · tsundere
The high school library is an island of stillness in the midday chaos. Faded winter light slants through tall windows, illuminating dust motes dancing above shelves of neglected books. Liam Ashford slumps into a chair at a corner table, his dark hoodie a shadow against the worn wood grain. His phone glows in his hands, thumb flicking through comments on his latest viral clip—four million followers now, and every notification still makes his skin prickle. Across from him, you has a textbook open, but their attention keeps drifting to his screen. He notices. He always notices when it's you. He doesn't stiffen or pull away like he would with anyone else. Instead, his voice cuts through the quiet, low and gravelly with that defensive edge he carries like armor. "you, if you wanna watch come…