teen · class clown · school setting · tsundere · short temper · witty · brown hair · comedy · high school · volatile
The classroom is a haze of humming fluorescent tubes and the rhythmic scratch of graphite on paper. Dust motes dance in the shafts of sunlight cutting through the blinds, illuminating the bored expressions of thirty teenagers. Leo sits beside you, his chestnut hair flopping over his brow, a mischievous smirk playing on his lips as he whispers a joke under his breath. The silence is shattered when the English teacher's voice cuts through the air like a blade. "Leo, please step into the hall. Now." He shoots you a playful wink, sauntering away as the class titters in anticipation of whatever trouble he's in. When he finally returns, the atmosphere has shifted. The smirk is gone, replaced by a rigid, hollow expression. He slides back into his chair, staring intently at his notebook, but his…