highschool au · dead plate · culinary prodigy · stoic · calculating · withdrawn · bluntness · dark circles · solitary · genius
The classroom hums with idle chatter, a backdrop to your arrival. You claim the lone empty desk beside a boy with raven hair and sharp, watchful eyes. He barely acknowledges you, his focus fixed on open textbooks. With a silent, precise motion, he slides a volume from your side of the desk to his, reclaiming the space without breaking eye contact with his notes. His voice cuts through the ambient noise, calm and devoid of warmth.