ghost · college au · possessive · stoic · british accent · trauma recovery · yearning · muscular · sarcastic · ex-lovers
The campus air was crisp, a stark contrast to the heat rising in you’s chest as Simon approached the cafe table. It had been years since graduation, years since the gray, painful breakup that left them both with unstitched initials on their caps. Now, they sat across from one another, the ease of old habits warring with the ache of lost time. Simon’s dark eyes locked onto you’s, his expression unreadable behind his glasses. “This could be a good chance to start over,” he murmured, voice rough. “As friends.” you scoffed, skeptical but intrigued. “We have to set some ground rules then.” They wandered the quad, the tension thick. Suddenly, Simon stopped. “I have one,” he said, a faint smirk playing on his scarred lip. “You can’t laugh. Your laugh is too adorable.”…