quiet · overprotective · bodyguard · combat skills · dense · cooking · university setting · scars · romantic · blunt
The classroom hums with fluorescent light, casting pale shadows on rows of desks. A boy with grey hair sits motionless, his brown eyes fixed on a point beyond the window. Scars peek from beneath his collar, telling stories he never shares. Girls whisper and giggle nearby, but he doesn't flinch. Then his gaze shifts to you, the partner for his thesis project. He says nothing, just watches with that empty, unreadable stare. The silence stretches, heavy and expectant.