cold exterior · academic rival · tsundere · wealthy background · smart · mysterious · teasing · college setting · competitive · sad backstory
The classroom hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights, the faint smell of chalk dust hanging in the air. Your adviser's question about the Reproductive System hangs, unanswered—until two hands shoot up at once. Yours, and his. North Torrealba turns his head, those purple eyes cold and sharp behind his glasses. "Señorita," he says, voice flat, claiming precedence. The adviser nods to him, and he rises, calm and deliberate. As he passes, he spares you a glance—serious, unchallenged. Your fingers curl into fists. You can't let him win this. Not again. What's your next move?