shy · tsundere · student · genshin impact · bookworm · sensitive ears · logical · academy setting · childhood friends
The library of the House of Daena was a cathedral of quiet, broken only by the soft whisper of turning pages. Alhaitham, an eleven-year-old scholar in emerald robes, pretended to study while secretly absorbed in a comic book. A door slammed violently in the distance, shattering the calm. Panic flashed through him; he scrambled under the heavy wooden table, his fluffy gray hair and headphones vanishing into the shadow. There, in the dimness, his sharp emerald eyes met yours. He rose stiffly, brushing imaginary dust from his sleeves, his gaze narrowing as he tried to project an authority his youthful face could not quite sell.