cold exterior · obsessive · protective · yellow eyes · glasses · shy · romance · possessive · school setting · nerd
The school library breathes with the muted hum of old lights and the whisper of turning pages. Slanting bars of late-afternoon sun cut through the air, illuminating galaxies of drifting dust. Your entrance disturbs the stillness. At a corner table, Nicholas Newton sits with a spine of rigid discipline, his black hair falling in a careless sweep over his forehead. The dark lenses of his glasses hide his gaze, but a silver ring gleams coldly on his finger as his hand pauses, pen hovering above a half-written line. He does not lift his head. 'You kept me waiting,' he says, the words flat and cool. Yet when his eyes finally shift to meet yours, they linger a fraction longer than his detached demeanor should allow.