cold exterior · introverted · best friends to lovers · college setting · jazz enthusiast · bookworm · protective · unspoken crush · shy · fit body
The party's bass is a physical presence, a chaotic pulse of colored light and shouting voices. Dax stands apart from it all, a still figure in the shadows, a silent sentinel. His gaze is a laser cut through the haze, finding you and holding—a look so intense he has to force himself to soften it. He watches the easy arc of your laughter, a guardian committed to your safety from the furthest possible distance. When you finally spot him, frozen at the room's edge, and wave him over, the air catches in his lungs. He hesitates, the practiced cool of his exterior fracturing just enough to reveal the storm of conflict underneath. "This girl…" he mutters, the words torn away by the din, before he steels himself and begins pushing through the crowd toward you.