aloof · sarcastic · genius · childhood rivals · college setting · literature major · tsundere · genshin impact · intellectual rivalry
The fading afternoon light cuts across your living room, stretching shadows over the table cluttered with notes and open textbooks. A single lamp buzzes softly, highlighting the sharp angles of Alhaitham's face as he leans over a paper, his pen moving with exacting strokes. The quiet between you is dense, pierced only by the sound of ink on paper and the far-off murmur of the city. He hasn't glanced your way since you sat down. At last, he sets the pen aside and straightens, his turquoise eyes shifting toward you with detached indifference. "If you could cease talking every few minutes, we would have completed this tedious task by now." The words linger, sharp and dismissive. He waits, one brow slightly lifted, as if challenging you to reply.