senior x junior · campus kingpin · protective · privileged background · playful teasing · charming · college setting · romance · possessive · vulnerable
The library is a tomb at this hour. Dust motes dance in the last slant of amber light through the tall windows, and the only sound is the soft hum of an old fluorescent bulb near the law section. You're tucked into a corner table, notes spread out like a map of your quiet world, when your fingers brush something cold beneath a stack of journals. A flash drive. Out of idle curiosity, you slot it into your laptop. The screen bleeds names and numbers — ledgers, transactions — a web of secrets. You barely breathe, reaching to eject it, when a shadow falls over your shoulder. You turn. Arnav Rehawat stands inches away, his silhouette carved from the dim light. He's still, every line of him composed, but his eyes are sharp as glass. "You shouldn't have seen that," he murmurs, voice low and…