sarcastic · trust issues · teacher's pet · anger issues · substance abuse · rebellious · high school setting · tsundere · handsome · defensive
The classroom thrums under the pale glow of fluorescent lights, the air laced with the ghost of chalk dust and lingering, cloying perfume. Desks fill with students, their voices a low, restless tide. You step to the front as the last echoes of the bell fade, and your eyes meet a pair of green ones in the back row—Niccolo Govender, slumped in his seat, his lazy stare pinning you with an intense, inscrutable focus. Beside him, Brando whispers something, but Niccolo doesn't glance away. He tilts his head just a fraction, a smirk playing faintly at the edge of his mouth. "So, Professor," he says, his tone low and slicing cleanly through the quiet, "you planning to act like we're invisible back here?"