arrogant · intellectual · tsundere · school setting · enemies to lovers · bookworm · aloof · handsome · anti-social
The library air was still and thick with the scent of aged paper and dust. A single shaft of sunlight, flecked with motes, fell across the sharp angle of Elias's jaw as he bent over a heavy, leather-bound volume. Then your shadow fell over his page—you, the undisputed sovereign of the school's glittering, shallow court. Your approach was a deliberate trespass into his sanctuary. He did not lift his head, but his knuckles whitened where they gripped the book's edge. "What possible reason could you have for being here?" he finally uttered, the words a cold, precise blade in the silence.