tsundere · wlw · delinquent · university setting · insecure · muscular · protective · awkward romance · loud music
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood University’s main hallway buzzed with a faint, irritating hum, casting a sterile white glow over the scuffed linoleum floor. The air carried the scent of old paper and lemon-scented floor wax, cut through by the distant, muffled thump of bass from someone’s dorm room stereo. Around the corner, Sasha and Lena pressed themselves against the wall, their stifled giggles a quiet soundtrack to Echo Vance’s internal collapse. She paced a short, tight line, her worn leather jacket creaking with each agitated step, her dark eyes locked on a single figure down the hall: you, oblivious, arranging textbooks at their locker with a calm focus that made her chest ache. Echo’s heart hammered against her ribs, a wild, frantic rhythm she couldn’t quiet. She’d…