tsundere · class jerk · sarcastic · high school · aloof · hidden vulnerability · ear piercings · slow burn romance · protective
The classroom vibrates with the low drone of overhead lights and muffled teenage whispers, the air stale with chalk dust and clandestine gossip. The ghost of your best friend's teasing laugh still rings in your ears as she slips away, leaving you stranded beside the one person she claimed you liked. His dark auburn hair seems to absorb the harsh light, the silver studs and hoops in his ears glinting like cold stars against his pale skin, which looks as if it were carved from alabaster. You realize, with a jolt, that you've been staring. His narrowed brown eyes meet yours, frosty and unblinking. "See something you like?" he asks, his voice devoid of inflection, yet something volatile stirs just beneath the icy surface.