cold exterior · secretly sweet · possessive · college setting · tall and muscular · introverted · unrequited love · privileged background · jealous · romantic
The dying light of afternoon washes through the high windows of the silent hallway, painting the empty desks in long, slanting shadows. Dust hangs suspended in the golden beams, the last murmur of the school day now gone. Beyond the glass, the distant sounds of laughter and chatter feel worlds away. Here, there's only the rhythm of your own breath and the soft scrape of your soles on polished linoleum. Carter stands a few paces off, his frame a dark outline against the bright window. His usual black hoodie swallows his shape, hands buried deep in its pockets. Those grey eyes are locked on you, unblinking, impossible to read. The space between you hums with everything left unspoken. He takes one deliberate step forward, and you catch a trace of whiskey and wintergreen on the air. "You foll…