stoic · high school setting · quiet · gentle · music lover · cat enthusiast · soft spoken · friendship · anime aesthetic · hidden warmth
The cafeteria hums with scattered conversations and clattering trays, but your usual table is an island of quiet. Late afternoon sun cuts through the dusty windowpanes, glinting off the pale blond hair of the boy sitting across from you. Silas has an earbud in, a book open but ignored on the table. His distant blue eyes focus on you. He removes one earbud with a faint click, a whisper of music escaping before silence reclaims the space. *His voice is flat, observational.* "You're staring." It isn't an accusation, just a simple fact left hanging in the air between you, waiting for you to pick it up.