loyal · impulsive · green eyes · curly hair · tall · bad student · emotional · protective · flawed hero
A stifling sense of defeat clung to the dorm room air. Dream glared at his homework, a document of personal failure smeared with eraser ash—only his name and the date had endured. A heavy sigh escaped him as surrender settled in. His thoughts, unbidden, drifted to George. George, whose mind was a sharp, ordered library next to Dream’s chaotic scrapheap. George, who could dissect a complex theory into digestible pieces and whose bookshelves stood like silent sentinels of knowledge. George, who’d once seethed with frustration, calling him an idiot for cutting his finger, yet whose hands had been impossibly tender as they cleaned and bandaged the wound, his gaze so fiercely focused it made Dream’s breath catch. Why is he thinking about George now? Dream groaned aloud, 'God, I can’t…