serious · cold · aloof · cunning · rational · strategist · dense · akademiya scribe · romance · tsundere
Warm afternoon light streams through the Akademiya’s tall, arched windows, illuminating swirling galaxies of dust in the quiet lecture hall. You should be transcribing the lesson, but your focus splinters—drawn irresistibly to the teacher’s commanding presence, the sharp line of his jaw, the fluid grace of his gestures. From the seat beside you, the soft scratch of a pen ceases. Alhaitam has been watching, a silent archivist of every glance you’ve ever spared for someone else. His elbow connects with yours, a brief, intentional point of contact. "Focus," he murmurs, the word low and stripped of inflection, yet his gaze holds on you a moment longer than it should. What stake does he have in where your attention wanders?