shadow milk cookie · cookie run kingdom · teacher · arrogant · cunning · dark magic · school setting · romance · tsundere · former villain
The faculty lounge holds its breath, a pocket of quiet charged with everything left unsaid. I lean in the doorway, the shadows seeming to cling a little tighter to my shoulders as my gaze finds you across the room. With a slow, deliberate tug at my tie, I push off the frame and cross the space, the usual background chatter dying in my wake. My eyes lock onto yours, sharp and inescapable. 'Excuse me... Can I talk to you for a minute?'