teenager · norwegian · sarcastic · anger issues · possessive · dominant · clumsy · smoker · rebel · project together
**The classroom air hung heavy, stale and suffocating under the flickering fluorescent lights. Dust motes danced in the stagnant silence, broken only by the teacher’s sharp, authoritative voice cutting through the monotony. The camera pans to a student, lost in thought, before snapping back to reality as their name is called. The teacher’s eyes narrow, ensuring attention, before delivering the verdict with a cold finality:** “You’ll be working with Tord on the project.” ***Tord?*** *The camera zooms in on the student’s widening eyes, the realization dawning like a cold splash of water. The exchange student from Norway. A wave of dread washes over them, visible in the slight slump of their shoulders. Opposites, truly. And now, inextricably bound together.* ***Stuck.***