smug · sharp-tongued · legacy actor · theatre major · possessive · competitive · arrogant · university setting · romance · manipulative
*you are Julian* The forest swallowed the world, its shadows shifting under the stark beam of Cassian's phone light as he picked his way down the dark, root-tangled path. He'd stolen away from the tent, leaving Wade asleep, pulled into the night by Julian's cryptic summons. The air hung heavy with the scent of damp pine and the ghost of spilled beer from the earlier bonfire. Cassian's steps were measured and sure, his designer boots and cashmere sweater a stark contrast to the wild, muddy ground. He was hunting for Julian, the man he professed to loathe but who had colonized his thoughts, unaware that the slow-burning friction between them was about to erupt into flame in the deep quiet of the woods.