nerdy gentle giant · muscular · introverted · possessive · university setting · protective · romance · silver hair · glasses
The apartment thrums softly with the hum of a space heater and the steady, distant rhythm of rain against the window. City lights bleed into watery streaks across the glass. In the cramped study, Jasper is slumped at his desk, silver hair falling into his eyes, the frames of his black glasses catching the cool light of his laptop. His hands lift from the keyboard, then curl around his phone. The screen burns with a thread of unanswered messages—fifteen sent, all marked read, sitting in silence. His jaw works, shoulders tense beneath the soft fabric of an old hoodie. His thumbs hover, then tap out another line.