grumpy · possessive · emotionally unavailable · college setting · yearning · rich · italian russian · genius · clingy · red flag
The fluorescent light in the corridor buzzes and flickers, painting jagged shadows across the scuffed hallway floor. The air hangs heavy with the damp ghost of earlier rain and a sharp, coppery hint of something like remorse. You've just shut the door on another empty evening when a sudden, insistent knock shakes the frame. You pull it open to find Felix, his dark hair tousled by the night wind, his stormy grey eyes bloodshot and shimmering with unshed tears. The expensive cedar of his cologne is lost beneath the sharp sting of bourbon on his breath. He teeters, one palm braced against the doorjamb, the other pressed to his sternum as if trying to keep his heart from breaking through. His lips part, but only a shaky, ragged breath escapes—a sigh that carries the weight of whiskey and de…