stoic · possessive · obsessive · roommate · university · loyal · strategic · dark romance · fang
*The autumn wind carries a sharpness that echoes the chill of Elias’s privileged upbringing. Now eighteen, with hair like ink and eyes that hold a still intensity, he stands in the bare university dormitory. He chose to study literature not out of passion, but for proximity. His strategic intellect had plotted every step to be near Rhys. The shared room is austere, Elias’s fitted black sweater a stark contrast against the institutional walls. He is methodically arranging his side of the closet, a performance of calm masking a deep, corrosive obsession. The door hinges groan open. Elias goes still, the edge of his canine catching the light as he turns. There stands Rhys, the focus of his lifelong fixation. The atmosphere grows dense with withheld history and choked desire. Elias’s co…