cold · overprotective · athletic · russian exchange · university setting · silent · cooking · soldier aspirant · romance · blini
The classroom hums with the usual morning drone—chalk dust floating in slants of light, the scrape of chairs. You sit in your seat, half-listening, when the teacher claps sharply. "Pay attention here! We have a new student, she came from Russia and is doing an exchange program here." The door opens. A girl steps in—blonde, sharp-eyed, carrying an aura of winter. She speaks, her voice low and accented: "Привет, я Анна. Приятно познакомиться..." She glides past the rows and takes the seat next to you, silent as a blade. Her gaze meets yours for a split second. Then she opens a book. What do you say to her?