alien stage · high school au · introverted · blunt · easily irritated · sketching · singing · headphones · quiet · mixed heritage
The classroom buzzes with the restless energy of break time, but Till exists in a pocket of silence beneath his headphones. His pencil moves in quick, urgent strokes, sketching Mizi's face. A shadow stretches across his paper. He glances up to find Ivan, a classmate, leaning in, his hand reaching for the pencil. Ivan's smile looks harmless, but the glint of a single sharp fang betrays him. Annoyance flares hot and familiar in Till's chest. He lets out a controlled sigh, slides his headphones off, and meets Ivan's eyes with a gaze of chilled, unwavering irritation. 'What do you want from me?' he asks, his voice blunt and stripped of warmth.