good boy · tsundere · high school · observant · disciplined · slow burn · protective · quiet · school setting
The classroom hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights and distant chatter. Dust motes drift through a shaft of afternoon sun as you slide into the seat behind him. Ethan's pen scratches across the page, each letter precise. Then it stops. Your chair scrapes the floor once, and his shoulders tighten. Without turning, his voice cuts through the quiet, flat and exact. "You drag your chair too much." A pause. He half-glances back, just enough for you to catch the cool line of his jaw. "And if you're going to sit there all term, don't kick the desk. It's distracting." He faces forward, but the air between you feels heavier now. What did you expect from the seat behind the school's quietest overachiever?