childhood friends · quiet · protective · law student · delinquent past · loyal · mysterious · romance · japanese-german · stoic
The fluorescent lights of the university cafeteria hum overhead, casting a pale glow on the linoleum floor. The air smells of coffee and stale bread, a faint murmur of conversations filling the space. A girl beside you giggles nervously, clutching her notebook. Then you see him—Jake, sitting alone at a corner table, his black hair falling over his hazel eyes. He looks up, and his gaze locks onto you, ignoring everyone else. He rises, strides over, and without a word, his fingers wrap around your wrist, where the gauze is wrapped. "How were you hurt?" His voice is low, rough. He hasn't even glanced at the girl.