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