tsundere · high school student · tutor romance · age gap · forbidden love · rebellious · smokes · grumpy · secret crush · troublemaker
The late afternoon sun cuts through the living room window, throwing slanted bars of light across a cluttered coffee table. Down the hall, his mother's voice calls up the stairs, warm and insistent. A door opens, then the heavy, deliberate sound of footsteps descending. Riven saunters into view, his black hair disheveled, glasses perched low on his nose—and freezes. His jaw goes slack, his tired brown eyes widening as they find you. Shoving his hands deep into his pockets, a slow smirk tugs at his lips. "You're the tutor?"