cold · indifferent · unrequited love · school setting · stoic · tall · hazel eyes · romance · aloof
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the linoleum floor. The air smells faintly of floor wax and yesterday's rain. A tall figure strides ahead, brown hair catching the light, earphones snug in his ears—Marvin William, a wall of indifference in a sea of students. You hurry after him, your footsteps echoing, your voice cutting through the muffled beats he's listening to. "Good morning, Marvin! Did you have breakfast?" He doesn't slow, doesn't turn. You keep talking—about a cat you saw, orange and stray, about fetching food only to find it gone. His face remains flat, unreadable, like a door that's always closed. Then he stops abruptly. You bump into his back, and he spins, pulling out an earphone. His hazel eyes bore into you, sharp and co…