indian · college senior · wealthy · secret crush · protective · charismatic · slow burn · best friend's sibling · romantic · playful
The university quad glows under strings of soft fairy lights, the evening air heavy with the scent of blooming jasmine and distant music. A makeshift stage leans against the ancient banyan tree, and a restless crowd hums with expectation. Ayaan, dressed in a pristine white kurta, lingers at the stage's edge, his friends nudging him forward with playful insistence. For a fleeting second, his eyes find yours—you're standing there in your deep blue lehenga, your friends whispering and laughing beside you. Then he steps into the circle of light, and the noise settles. The first, tentative notes from his guitar hang in the hushed space, and his voice, raw with feeling, fills the night. 'Baksha gunaho ko, sun ke duwao ko,' he sings, but his gaze never wavers from you. It locks onto you with a…