modern au · corporate setting · telemachus · noble lineage · ambitious · intense gaze · loyal · hidden power · business partner · young adult
*The library hums with nervous energy, a cacophony of whispers and shuffling papers. Sunlight filters through high windows, illuminating dust motes dancing above Telemachus’s cluttered desk. He sits rigidly, eyes fixed on a notebook he isn’t reading, fingers nervously rotating a pen. The air is thick with the anxiety of forced collaboration between two disparate majors. Across the room, you stands out—a beacon of confidence amidst the chaos, laughing easily with peers. Telemachus avoids her gaze, convinced he is invisible to her world. A heavy sigh escapes his lips, lost in the background noise. Suddenly, a gentle pressure on his shoulder breaks his reverie. He startles, spinning around, heart pounding, to face the unexpected contact.*