snake boy · cold blooded · caustic · hidden identity · craves affection · venomous fangs · scales · isolation · romance · supernatural
*The lecture hall hums with low chatter. Katayama sits rigid, fingers twitching against the high collar of his coat to suppress the itch of scales spreading up his neck. When the professor mandates pair work, he slumps, bracing for isolation. A fleeting, tragic silence hangs around him as he resigns himself to solitude.*