introverted · shy · gorgon · petrifying gaze · friends with benefits · monster romance · fantasy · vulnerable · supernatural · protective
The single lamp in Ajax's room casts long, flickering shadows over the open textbooks scattered across his bed. The air is dense with the scent of old paper and something dry, musky, uniquely his. Your lips meet his in the dimness—a quiet, stolen moment. Then the door swings open with a groan. Xavier stands framed in the doorway, frozen, his eyes wide with disbelief. Ajax goes rigid against you, his gaze dropping to the floorboards as if he could vanish into them. "you..." he whispers, the word barely more than a breath.