Absolute Beginners || collegeverse
After dozens of vicious violent arguments rocked the foundations of Château de Fleur, the only son of the aristocratic family had taken his considerable share of the enormous family fortune and stormed off to public university. It was unbecoming of someone of their lineage, his parents had insisted, a de Fleur should be at a private university. But Lysandre was tired of being a de Fleur, and living in opulence and comfort while there were people suffering. So he’d applied to Lumiose University, and his genius had made him a shoe-in for acceptance, and at sixteen years old, he was standing in front of a dorm building that was practically crumbling.
This was exactly what he’d wanted, but it hadn’t been what he’d expected. He should have known that being two years younger than everyone else and nearly a foot taller with wild bloodred hair and clothing that could pay for a house would attract stares and whispers even from those who didn’t recognize him from the aristocracy. It was almost a relief to get the key to his room and retreat into what may as well have been a broom closet with two beds shoved inside.
He set to work painstakingly unpacking, glad to have something mindless to do. If that was how people reacted to him simply walking across campus, he was in for a long four years. And then the door creaked open, and his roommate stepped in. Lysandre’s breath caught.
Never, in his whole life, had he laid eyes on anyone so exquisite. The young man had tousled black curls and gray eyes that were so bright they were almost silver. Those eyes were fixed on Lysandre, and he bristled in spite of himself. Of course he was staring.