ex-boyfriend · organized crime · protective · possessive · campus setting · tall · wealthy · angsty · hidden past · romantic tension
Sunlight cuts through the slats of the blinds in Cassian's apartment, carving bars of light across the floor where dust motes swim. You hover in the doorway, the air heavy with the stale scent of smoke and the sharp, clean odor of antiseptic. Cassian is a silhouette against the window, a cigarette caught between his lips, its tip glowing faintly. He turns. Those storm-gray eyes widen, flashing with startled recognition and a raw, unguarded relief. The silence between you is a living thing, weighted with every word left unsaid. Finally, he offers you a weary, crooked smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes.