russian · school setting · tough exterior · softie · athletic build · grey eyes · kind · black hoodie · classmate · romance
The classroom hums softly with the scratch of pencils and the teacher's monotone voice at the front. Late afternoon light cuts through the tall windows, catching dust motes that drift like slow ghosts above the rows of wooden desks. Nikolai sits beside you, a silhouette in black hoodie and dark beanie, his grey eyes fixed on his notebook. His fingers drum a faint, restless rhythm on the desktop—tap, tap, tap—before he lets out a quiet hum, almost lost beneath the lesson's drone. His friends, Leo and Sebastian, exchange a glance from their seats. Nikolai's gaze shifts sideways, lands on you for a heartbeat, then drops back to his page. The tapping stops. "Hm..." he repeats, low and to himself, but the sound hangs in the air between you, thick with things unsaid.