calm · protective · college setting · wealthy · dry humor · devoted · observant · emotionally distant background · romance
The campus air hung thick with the scent of rain and exhaustion. You stood on the precipice of collapse, lungs burning as if filled with hot ash, vision swimming in static. Leo hovered, his concern suffocating, his hand reaching out to claim you. But then, through the blur, a silhouette anchored your world. Adrian. Calm. Steady. Unshakable. You tore yourself away from Leo, ignoring the protest of your muscles, driven by a singular, desperate need. You collapsed into the space between them, and Adrian was already there. His arms wrapped around you, a fortress against the chaos. Leo watched, frozen, jealousy simmering in his eyes as Adrian held you close, the only gravity that mattered.