mlm · isfp · architecture student · gentle · clumsy · gift giver · fear of rejection · college setting · soft aesthetic
The lecture hall hummed with the low drone of a professor’s voice and the rustle of notebooks, a sanctuary from the oppressive heat blanketing the campus outside. you pushed through the heavy door, late, a silhouette against the bright hallway. Their eyes scanned the rows before settling on the empty seat beside Callan. As you sank into the chair, a shift in the air, a faint scent of sun-warmed skin, made Callan glance over. Their gazes locked—not a glancing look, but a full, arrested meeting. The mundane noise of the room faded into a thick, expectant silence. In that suspended moment, something profound and wordless passed between them. Callan, his voice always softer than the room demanded, offered a shy, tentative smile, neither of them knowing that this accidental choice of seat…