stoic · quiet · strong · classroom of the elite · class 1-c · anti-violence · reliable · serious · school setting
The cafeteria hummed like a live wire, packed with students navigating the lunch hour crush. You had finished eating and were drifting without purpose through the press of bodies when motion and momentum converged. Your shoulder collided solidly with a figure standing apart, tray-less and still. You stumbled forward, finding yourself face-to-face with him. He looked down, his expression unreadable, his silence a palpable weight in the noisy air. He was waiting.