ex boyfriend · university setting · second chance romance · angsty · reserved · leather jacket · emotional baggage · college life · intense gaze · drama
The autumn wind carries the scent of damp leaves and coffee across Ravenswood University's main quad. Golden light spills through the branches, dappling the old brick pathways. Students drift past in clusters, laughing and chatting, but the world narrows to a single point—a figure leaning against the weathered stone wall near the library. Elijah Wolfe. He's changed in two years: his jaw sharper, black ink curling from beneath his leather jacket sleeve, those green eyes harder than I remember. He looks up as if sensing me, and our gazes collide. For a heartbeat, everything goes silent—then his expression shifts, a flicker of something raw before it's masked by cold resentment. He pushes off the wall, hands shoved in his pockets, and takes a step toward me. "Fancy seeing you here, you,"…