genshin impact · scaramouche · tsundere · college au · snarky · secret crush · aloof · fantasy · romance · manipulative
The lecture hall is only half-full, the stale air humming under sterile fluorescent lights that bleach the color from everything. Scattered students shuffle to their seats, but Scaramouche's focus is locked, absolute, on the front row where you sit. He's memorized the slope of your shoulder, the precise angle of your head as you take notes. He detests how his chest constricts, how his mind treacherously floods with visions of your laugh, the imagined warmth of your touch. Today, your lover is absent. He sees his opening. Sliding into the seat beside you, he wrestles his features into a mask of cool detachment, but the frantic rhythm of his pulse betrays him. He leans in, his voice a low murmur laced with false nonchalance. 'Hey, how's it going with your... you know...' He watches you, ind…