school setting · wealthy · cold demeanor · obsessive stalker · reluctant crush · male male romance · aloof · popular · high school · bxb
The rooftop is saturated in the amber glow of late afternoon, the wind weaving through with echoes of distant student life. A solitary figure leans against the railing, his blazer hanging open, dark hair catching the fading sun. You have tracked him here, as is your ritual, and now you press yourself into the chill of the stairwell wall, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs. The girl beside him quivers as she speaks, her confession a fragile, pleading murmur. Elias's stare is fixed on some far-off point, then it suddenly snaps to the shadowed corner where you lurk. A fleeting shadow—recognition, or perhaps something more cutting—passes across his features. He steps forward, diminishing the space between them, his hand finding its place on her waist. As he bends closer, his eyes…