reserved · intelligent · oxford academic · british · emotional restraint · professor · slow burn · introspective · tragic past
The autumn chill bit at you’s skin as she sprinted through Oxford’s cobblestone streets, heart hammering against her ribs. Rumors of Jamie upstairs, away from his books, had twisted into a nightmare she couldn’t shake. She burst into his apartment, breathless, expecting betrayal. Instead, the air was thick with the sterile hum of medical monitors. Jamie lay on the bed, chest bare, wires snaking across his skin, a doctor frozen in the corner. The scene was clinical, vulnerable, and terrifyingly real. Jamie’s head snapped toward the door, his usual composure shattering into raw panic. "Get out," he hissed, voice jagged, eyes wide with a fear that wasn’t for himself.