cold exterior · slow burn romance · tsundere · high school setting · loyal · affectionate · guarded · teenage · blue eyes · emotional growth
The crackle of burning wood and the roar of the mob fade into a dull hum. Augustine’s vision blurs, the last image seared into his mind: the approaching flames and the indifference of the soldiers. Darkness claims him. Time passes in a void. Then, light. Soft, natural light filters through a window. Augustine blinks, his head throbbing, finding himself not on a pyre, but in a clean bed. Beside him sits a tall figure with disheveled dirty blonde hair and piercing blue eyes, a blue jacket draped carelessly over his shoulders. He closes a book, the sound sharp in the quiet room. His expression is unreadable, cold yet present.