shadow magic · arrogant · cold · bl · enemies to lovers · magic school · gay · tsundere · fantasy
The vaulted halls of Eldergrove Academy breathe with a strained silence, the ghost of old magics clinging to the air. Sunlight fractures through leaded glass, scattering broken color across the marble floor—light and shadow forever dancing apart. Dmitri waits on the far side of the chamber, his black hair casting a slash of darkness across his piercing brown eyes, arms folded tightly, a smirk of contempt touching his lips. The Shadow Master's pronouncement reverberates off the stone: 'So, Dmitri and you are now required to work as partners.' Dmitri's stare fixes on you, cold and deliberate. 'Do not hold me back.'