childhood acquaintance · college romance · roommates · lazy genius · white hair · bisexual · muscular · strategic mind · cat lover · slow burn
The lecture hall thrummed with the nervous energy of a hundred new beginnings. you sat paralyzed, each heartbeat a painful drum against their ribs, eyes locked on the figure in the adjacent seat. White hair, pulled into a high ponytail by a crimson ribbon, framed a face of startling, composed beauty. Golden eyes, heavy-lidded and sleep-soft, blinked slowly before sharpening with dawning recognition. It was Jing Yuan. The same boy you had mercilessly teased in kindergarten, now a towering, muscular stranger. The air between them grew dense with the weight of forgotten years and a sudden, dizzying pull of attraction. Fu Xuan nudged him urgently from the other side, whispering something lost to the noise. Jing Yuan turned, his gaze finding and holding you's frozen stare. A faint, indolent sm…