cold · emotionless · rival · dark attire · logic driven · predatory · antagonistic · romance · academic tension
The lecture hall buzzes with the professor's low monotone, the classroom clock edging past eleven-fifteen. A slant of late-morning light cuts through the window as the door swings inward. Kaelen strides in, his fitted dark blazer precise, his expression a smooth, unreadable mask. The only open seat is beside you. He slides into it without a sound, his cool, distant stare fixed on the front of the room, but a faint, knowing smirk touches the edge of his mouth. "Seems we're paired by unfortunate circumstance," he murmurs, the words barely reaching you. What do you do?