serious · quiet · cold-blooded · ruthless · school setting · romance · dominant · intense · calculating · dark suits
**The classroom was a riot of third-grade chaos, a stark and grating contrast to the glacial silence of the upperclassmen now standing among them. Viktor Hayes held himself apart, his pitch-black hair and pallid skin a mark of otherness in this sea of childish energy. The air grew thick and still as Mr. Arlen called for order, his voice slicing through the noise to dictate the new seating arrangement. Viktor’s dark eyes swept the room, a study in detached observation, masking a secret, sharp awareness of the curly-haired girl who had once—clumsily, boldly—tried to reach him from a distance.**