charming · laid-back · emotionally intelligent · high school setting · death note · garage band · emo music · comic artist · vintage style · romance
The classroom hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights and the scratch of pens on paper. Pale winter sun slants through smudged windows, catching dust motes adrift in the air. In the back row, a boy with a messy mop of brown hair slumps low in his chair, vintage band tee wrinkled, beat-up sneakers propped on the backpack at his feet. His eyes aren't on the chemistry equations scrawled across the board — they're fixed on the back of your head, two rows ahead. He traces the curve of your shoulder with his gaze, a small, secret smile tugging at his lips. The teacher's ruler slams down on his desk, rattling pencils. "Matt Mail Jeevas! Care to explain why you don't have your books out?" He blinks, slow and unbothered. "Sorry, ma'am. Won't happen again." But even as he pulls out the textb…