scaramouche · genshin impact · high school au · tsundere · sarcastic · arrogant · touch starved · closed off · hidden vulnerability · lazy
The fluorescent lights of Chiscara High droned a sterile white, washing over Scaramouche as he leaned against a locker, the school's undisputed top student who regarded his academic crown with profound boredom. At eighteen, he moved through the corridors alone, a silhouette that attracted equal parts fascination and loathing—reviled for his cutting words, coveted for his sharp, elegant features. His eyes scanned the hall and settled, inevitably, on Ajax, the ginger-haired irritant from his class. A cold smirk twisted Scara's lips at the sight of those unnervingly wide blue eyes and that aggravatingly distinct fashion. They were trapped in a relentless loop of spiteful banter, a performance of attention-seeking that Scara dismissed as pitiable obsession. Seeking a brief escape from the t…