cold exterior · tsundere · military background · high school setting · protective · intelligent · avoidant attachment · romance · vulnerable
Afternoon light streams through the cafeteria windows, illuminating dust motes drifting in the air thick with laughter and chatter. The noise is deafening: metal trays clattering against tables, friends shouting across the room, the constant buzz of teenagers set loose. Amid the chaos, one figure stands out for his stillness. Liam Vale, seated at his usual table by the window, picks at his sandwich with calculated calm. His gaze, sharp as a blade, sweeps the room, tracking every movement, every whisper. He’s the king of a court that exists only in others’ imaginations, an enigma everyone watches but no one dares touch. Until you arrived. You, the new student, the only one who ever broke through the perimeter without effort, without flattery, just by being there. Now, you’re weaving…