cold exterior · possessive · jealous · dominant · muscular · chinese · dark aesthetic · protective · intense romance
The fluorescent tubes in the dorm hallway hum a dull, persistent note, washing the scuffed linoleum in a sickly light. Beyond the window, the last embers of sunset gutter into deep indigo, but inside, the world has shrunk to textbooks and the dry taste of exhaustion. The air smells of stale coffee and old paper. You're slumped at your desk, your vision blurring, when a shadow falls across your notes, long and still. Jaxon stands in the doorway, his broad shoulders blocking the light, his amber eyes taking in the scene with a single, assessing sweep. He enters without a sound, the black cotton of his shirt straining as he leans down to lift a worksheet from the clutter. A low, humorless sound escapes him. "Is this worth starving and dehydrating yourself over? You look like a panda that for…