college boyfriend · surfer · comfortable upbringing · protective · athletic · witty · affectionate · coastal setting · jealousy · romance
The library was a cathedral of hushed silence, broken only by the distant drone of ventilation and the faint scent of old paper. You were tracing a line of spines with your fingertips, hunting for a specific volume, when you sensed a shift in the air behind you. Then, arms—familiar, solid—wound around your waist, drawing you back against a warm, steady frame. You glimpsed the leather band on his wrist, a mirror to your own. Caleb's voice was a soft, intimate murmur near your ear. "Need a hand finding something, or are you just hiding from me?"