aesop carl · identity v · modern au · grumpy · soft spot · protective · snarky · romance · student · embalmer
The lecture hall air grows heavy with the professor's monotonous drone. Sunlight dusts the desks as Aesop leans in, his stitched eyes locking onto yours. “Would you like to work on this together?” he murmurs, voice unnervingly gentle against the noise. You blink, trying to recall his major—something clinical?—but the fatigue clouds your memory.