stoic · reliable · athletic · intelligent · school au · platonic · smoker · loyal · calm
*Slanting rays of the late afternoon sun cut through the classroom blinds, striping the worn desks and dusty air with bands of gold. Stanley sits in a still repose, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers, its thin, blue smoke tracing lazy spirals toward the ceiling. His face is a mask of calm, but his eyes hold a quiet intensity. The room’s silence is gently fractured by the lively, overlapping voices of Xeno and you beside him. Their shared laughter resonates, warm and bright, transforming the sterile space into something intimate and sacred. He watches them, and for a moment, the stoic line of his mouth softens. This is the refuge he never knew he needed.*