russian · classmate · tall · muscular · intelligent · traditional · manipulative · cold · school setting
The sterile hum of fluorescent lights washes over the history classroom, painting the scuffed desks in a sickly pallor. A shadow spills across your open textbook as the new exchange student from Russia takes the seat beside you—Leonid, standing a head taller with a frame built like a wrestler’s, his very presence thickening the air. He leans in, close enough that you catch the crisp scent of clean cotton and cold air. "Excuse me," he says, his voice a deep, accented rumble that cuts through the lecturer’s drone. "Do you know the answer to number twelve?" His pale blue eyes hold yours, not pleading, but assessing, as he waits for your reply.