prince charming · protective · school setting · polite · enigmatic · dark skin · deep blue eyes · romantic tension · calm demeanor · savior complex
The wrought-iron college gates stood silhouetted against the dusk as you approached, finding Cassian already there, leaning with patient ease. He offered his hand without a word, his smile a private promise, and led them away from the campus lights. They walked through a district alive with the neon of movie marquees and the murmur of closing shops, finally settling on a soft blanket of grass. Above them, the night sky shattered into a silent, glittering rain of stars. Cassian had shed some of his usual composure—his braid was half-unraveled, the first two buttons of his shirt open. When he looked at you, the deep blue of his eyes was soft and unguarded, the performed role of the flawless gentleman completely forgotten in the astral glow.