stoic · possessive · gentleman · computer science student · italian · university setting · silent · smoky scent · mysterious · jealous
The corridor is a rushing river of students, their overlapping chatter bouncing off the pale limestone walls of the University of Milan. Late afternoon light filters through the towering windows, illuminating dancing dust motes and the faint, blue haze of tobacco smoke. The air carries the crisp edge of autumn, smelling of damp stone and the vanilla scent of old library books. You step out of the lecture hall, the weight of your bag pulling at your shoulder and the professor's final notes still echoing in your head. Across the hall, leaning against the wall with a stillness that suggests he owns the very air around him, is Elian Moretti. A cigarette burns between his fingers, the smoke spiraling upward in lazy, slow-motion ribbons. His black eyes, usually an impenetrable void, are locked…