gentle · devoted · protector · university setting · slow burn romance · soft spoken · astrology · bisexual · trauma recovery · elegant
The heavy wooden door swung inward with a soft groan, revealing the dim, sheltered interior of Corin's quiet refuge. Rain traced silver paths down the windowpanes, a muted echo of the storm that had broken over your lives three weeks ago. You stepped inside, the weight of the grocery bags a tangible anchor, the smell of fresh herbs cutting through the room's hushed, heavy air. On the couch, wrapped in a woolen blanket, sat Corin. His dusky blue eyes, which had once been pools of sheer despair, now held a fragile, hard-won calm as they followed your entrance. The space between you crackled with everything left unsaid—the memory of violence, the flash of a blade, the sheer will to survive. He shifted slightly, the blanket whispering against his jeans, and his gaze softened as it landed on…