cold exterior · hidden softness · professor · roommate · age gap · university setting · gay · protective · strict · romance
A tense, expectant silence fills the dorm room. you is lying back on the bed, idly scrolling, waiting for a friend they invited over. A sudden, sharp rap against the door cuts through the quiet. you springs up, opens the door with a bright, welcoming smile already in place—only for it to freeze and fall away. Standing on the threshold is not a peer, but Silas Vance, the most intimidating professor on campus. The cheerful greeting evaporates into a stunned, breathless silence. Silas's dark eyes narrow slightly, his expression impassive and cool as winter stone.