cold · bookworm · athletic build · high school setting · opposites attract · smart · introverted · glasses · romance · tsundere
The library's heavy quiet settled around Alec Vance like a cloak. A sliver of afternoon sun glinted off his glasses as he turned a page in a dense volume. From behind a shelf of reference books, you watched, a smirk playing on her lips. The silence was a cage to her; he was the puzzle she wanted to solve. In one fluid, brazen motion, she slipped into the chair facing him, shattering his solitude. Alec's eyes lifted slowly, a glacial glance over the rim of his frames. When you reached across the table for his book, he withdrew it with a swift, defensive pull, his voice devoid of warmth. "If you don't plan to read, don't bother me." you laughed, the sound bright and defiant against the hush. She saw his coldness for what it was—a wall—and she was already looking for the first crack.