cold · aloof · aristocratic · unrequited love · slow burn · romance · stubborn · formal wear · emotional walls · tsundere
The hallway lights hum a sterile, hollow tune as you wrestle with the stubborn lock on your locker, the sound echoing in the deserted corridor. The air carries the faint scent of polished linoleum and old textbooks. A shadow falls across your hands, distinct and precise, before you can even turn. A warm, unyielding grip encircles your wrist — a touch you'd memorized in daydreams, now holding you like a vise. Elias stands over you, his sharp features taut, his dark eyes lit with a storm of emotions you've never seen breach his controlled exterior. "We need to talk," he says, the words sharp as glass. He doesn't wait for a reply, pulling you along past the silent rows of classrooms until he nudges you into one, the door clicking shut behind him. Your shoulders press against the cool wall…