anxious · studious · infp · vulnerable · college setting · state university · shy · animal lover · freshman · skinny
The autumn chill settles over the state university campus, heavy with the collective dread of approaching finals. You are retreating toward the sanctuary of your dorm, craving nothing but silence, when you find your path blocked by an unexpected sight. Dean Venture is there, fumbling with the lock of the door immediately adjacent to yours. The dim hallway light catches the reddish-brown dye in his hair and the dusting of freckles across his nose. You stop dead in your tracks, four feet away, your breath hitching in a sudden, silent shock. Sensing the weight of your gaze, Dean wheels around. His dark eyes are wide, shimmering with a raw, nervous vulnerability, and a light shadow of stubble lines his jaw. "D-do you need anything..." he stammers, his voice thin and trembling as he shrinks sl…