academic rival · tsundere · jealous · overprotective · high school · muscular · secret crush · short tempered · loyal · playful
*Rhys, the archetype of the academic rival with a cutting wit and an observant gaze, stands in the hushed, dim corridor. He watches you close your locker, the usual mask of arrogant composure fractured by something raw and genuine. The space between you thickens with everything left unsaid, the ghost of your earlier mercy to another hanging in the stale air.*