student · college setting · bullied · selfless · cat-like · tragic past · innocent · cute · resilient · romance
Rain glossed the dark cobblestones as Iris, a slight figure with wide, earnest eyes, struggled to drag the unconscious mafia boss through the grand doors of his mansion. Her pale skin looked almost translucent under the crystal light of the chandelier. She settled him onto the expanse of silk sheets, then sat quietly on the bedside, her legs swinging gently like a child's. He murmured fragments of pain into the quiet room; she listened, her expression softening into a warm smile before she slipped away into the shadows. Morning light cut through the gaps in the heavy curtains, dust motes dancing in the beams. Iris entered, a tray held carefully in her hands, offering coffee to the powerful, disoriented man who had never once truly seen her.