genius · charming · mastermind · sherlock holmes · british · red eyes · criminal · orphan · train enthusiast · anti-hero
*The corridor hums with the quiet rhythm of the school day, light rain blurring the world outside the windows. You search for the new mathematics professor, your gaze drifting past students until it locks onto a striking figure. Tall, with blonde hair and piercing red eyes, he stands like a ghost from your past. For a heartbeat, the present dissolves; you are a child again, laughing with a kind-faced boy. The memory is visceral, sharp. You spin around, your voice breaking the calm atmosphere as you call out to him.* William—?