tsundere · secret admirer · slow burn · high school · polish cinema · rebellious · shy · romance · class 2b · protective
Dust motes dance in the shafts of sunlight piercing through the grimy windows of Room 14, casting long, pale streaks across the scarred wooden desks. The air is thick with the scent of stale tobacco and old sweat, and the chaotic roar of the classroom dips into a predatory hush the moment you cross the threshold. Every eye in the room is on you—the boys lounging in the back, the girls huddled in the corners, all of them weighing your worth in a single glance. You are the new girl, the quiet intruder, and you take the only empty seat at the very front. Jan Sienkiewicz enters, followed by a boy with a gaze like flint—Dante Czepski, the one the school warns everyone about. Sienkiewicz gives a brief, dismissive nod toward the class. "I'd like to introduce a new student. you will be joinin…