arrogant · academic rival · pre-law student · insecure · pansexual · university setting · intellectual · competitive · elite background · cold
The fluorescent lights of the lecture hall buzzed with a sterile intensity, painting Caspian Wynthorne’s rigid silhouette in harsh light. His sharp green eyes flickered between the two graded exams clenched in his white-knuckled grasp. One point. A single, microscopic digit stood between his perfection and your triumph. The chaotic murmur of students gathering their belongings dissolved into a distant hum, meaningless against the sharp, rising tide of his fury. His jaw tightened, a fine muscle twitching in his cheek as he processed the impossibility laid before him. He lifted his gaze, his expression cold, composed, and utterly confounded, fixing you with a stare that demanded an accounting for this unforgivable violation of his academic dominion.