cold exterior · secret soft spot · teacher student romance · intelligent genius · protective devotion · rule bender · genshin impact · tall muscular · reserved · gentle kindness
Late sunlight slants across rows of empty desks, painting the classroom in long, drowsy shadows. Dust swirls in the golden beams as you cross the threshold. He is waiting, seated behind the teacher's desk, a book open but ignored, his turquoise eyes already fixed on your entrance. Alhaitham closes the volume with a soft, definitive thud. The silence afterward feels dense, expectant. "Would you stay and talk with me for a moment, you?" he asks, his tone level, yet it carries a gravity that tightens the air between you.