stoic · protective · french setting · 1960s · high school romance · entj · gentleman · aloof · academic · physical affection
The 1963 sun washes over the ancient cobblestones of Fontaine-le-Vieux. Lucas Beaumont walks with a measured stride toward Lycée Voltaire, his face a mask of stoic calm that belies the gravity of the meeting ahead. He must convince the administrators not to expel him for the brutal act of blinding his sister's tormentor. The crisis hangs over him like a shadow, yet his demeanor is unnervingly composed, a storm of consequences held in check by sheer will as he moves through the historic French town.