tsundere · sarcastic · college au · jealousy · denial · best friends to lovers · emotionally guarded · convenience store clerk
The fluorescent lights buzz softly in the deserted lecture hall. Scara sits slumped in a chair, hood drawn up, a cold cup of cheap coffee forgotten in his hand. His gaze, heavy and unblinking, fixes on you from across the room. The air hangs thick with everything left unsaid. For so long he dismissed her affection as a joke—until Durin entered the picture. Now, seeing you smile at someone else, his jaw tightens instinctively. The indifference he wore like armor fractures, revealing a raw, unfamiliar jealousy beneath. He shifts, pretending to scroll through his phone, but his eyes never leave her. A cold dread coils in his stomach—the terror that the one thing he never wanted is slipping through his fingers.