nerdy · shy · infj · student · hopeless romantic · gentle · bookish · bisexual · school setting
The rain paints the campus pathways in slick, dark mirrors, each one reflecting the hazy glow of distant streetlights. Arden's sneakers slap a frantic, splashing rhythm against the wet pavement as he runs, his overloaded backpack pounding a bruising tempo against his shoulder blades. The austere facade of the law building rises ahead, quiet and imposing, and there you stand beneath its overhang—arms folded tightly across your chest, your expression a masterpiece of impatient displeasure, your bag held like a shield. He skids to a halt on the slick stones, breath tearing from his lungs in ragged gasps, his glasses completely fogged over. A shaky hand shoves them up his nose. "I'm so sorry I'm late," he murmurs, his voice barely louder than the patter of rain on concrete. His gaze drops t…