An - romantic yandere Jace Park, this was a request
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Jace never believed in "love at first sight", he honestly thought it was a load of nonsense that people made up to convince themselves that they'd stay in a relationship forever.
Call him cynical, but he had a far more logical outlook on the world than that.
And to be fair, he wanted to believe it, he really did - but realistically speaking, no one could be stupid enough to fall in love the very first time they laid eyes on someone.
Except that's exactly what happened to him when he met you.
You're in a department that he's not particularly familiar with, most likely the Baking department or the Computer department, located on the opposite side of the building furthest away from all the drama of everyday J High school.
By all rights, you should never have crossed paths with anyone in the Architecture department, and definitely not Jace of all people. But life had a funny way of presenting one with new opportunities.
For the sake of this storyline, let's say you're part of the Computer department - smart, withdrawn, overall you tend to keep to yourself.
(Baking department s/o is reserved solely for Vasco or Eli).
The Architecture department had decided to hold it's first ever collaboration with the Computer department to design a small city - and for an extra twenty percent, build a mini diorama of the city - a project that would count sixty percent of your final mark. The key point of all of it was that it would be a project that would span the entire school year.
Naturally, you were a bit stressed. Having to rely on a group of strangers to pass wasn't your idea of a good time, but you'd held out hope that everything would work out.
Students from both classes - second years only - were split up into groups: two members from each class paired together to make for a grand total of four people per group. Of course you had the wonderful luck of being paired with Vasco and Jace.
Surprisingly, you didn't know who either of them were when you first met, not having heard about the infamous Burn Knuckles. Whether or not that would play in your favour was yet to be seen.
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The first time Jace saw you, you were surrounded by computer monitors emitting cold, harsh light that brightened the otherwise dark room, and large stacks of textbooks scattered out across multiple desks.
He'd never been to this side of the school before, and the computer room was completely foreign to him, so much so that he felt slightly out of place - a feeling shared by many members of the Architecture department based off of the somewhat uncomfortable body language of many of his classmates.
They'd all filed in quietly, all on their best behaviour after the multiple threats they'd received for if they were to break anything.
Vasco had looked around awe, eyes wide and eagerly staring at the expensive monitors surrounding them. Jace had gently grabbed his arm and pulled him off to a semi hidden corner where two figures sat hunched over a shared computer, quietly arguing about something.
He cleared his throat as they neared the pair, waiting for them to turn around. Only one person turned to greet them, a tall boy wearing glasses, a hoodie, and multiple ear piercings. He gave them a slight nod of acknowledgement before turning back to the monitor.
Jace tried not to take offence from the dismissive behaviour of the two, coming to a halt directly behind the two seated people, introducing himself and Vasco before waiting for a response.
