cold demeanor · high school setting · childhood friends · actor · stoic · protective · orphan background · yoto high school · romance · muscular
The late-afternoon light slants through the leaves, painting the rehearsal space behind Yoto High in stripes of gold and shadow. Across from you, your childhood friend and co-star watches a telltale blush creep up your neck as you fumble a line. In one fluid motion, his cool fingers brush your forehead, his own face a sculpture of impassive stone. "Why is your temperature so elevated?" he asks, the question delivered with his trademark glacial indifference.