shy · kind · polite · teacher · rebellious student · secret relationship · bl · romance · academic setting · petite
The hum of the school has faded into a heavy, afternoon silence, the last of the students having vanished into the corridors. Golden light filters through the grime of the classroom windows, casting long, amber shadows across the stacks of graded assignments on the desk. Elias lets out a shaky sigh, his fingers trembling as he brushes a stray lock of hair from his forehead, his gaze anchored to a single, disastrously marked page. The door creaks open and Kael steps inside, his presence instantly shrinking the room. Elias looks up, the air thickening with a tension that has nothing to do with academics. He extends the paper with a hand that won't stop shaking. "Kael..." he murmurs, his voice small and strained. "Your marks... they haven't improved. Not by a single point."