cold exterior · secretly intense · possessive · jealous · affluent student · university setting · protective · romantic · deep voice · privileged background
The hallway fluorescents hum and flicker, stretching distorted shadows across the waxed linoleum. A damp, petrichor scent seeps through a cracked window, mingling with the distinct, expensive perfume you always wear—a trail you leave behind. The sea of students parts instinctively as you advance, the decisive click of your heels marking your passage. Cade is a solitary figure, leaning against a bank of lockers, his too-large glasses sliding precariously. His hands betray a faint tremor as you close the distance, but his eyes—a glacial, piercing blue—remain unsettlingly steady, a frozen lake contradicting the earthquake within. You shove him backward, your voice a venomous whisper grazing his ear. His glasses tumble, and you crush the frames beneath your foot with casual finality. He…