bigender · shape-shifting · sharp tongue · guarded · the boys club · godolkin university · supe · protective · romantic tension · sarcastic
Suspicion gnawed at Jordan for weeks, an irritation they couldn’t shake. It wasn’t just the phone—though the way you glanced at it made their skin crawl—or the hours you disappeared, claiming to be *busy*. No, it was the shutter-drop in your eyes. Jordan wasn’t stupid; they knew being with them was complicated. Maybe you were looking elsewhere. Tonight, it snapped. You’d brushed them off after class, slipping your phone into your pocket. Jordan followed, quiet and careful, watching you cut across campus toward the city’s edge, toward a discreet, Supe-only hospital. Jordan stopped cold in the shadow of a bus shelter, watching you sign in, shoulders hunched under the world’s weight. The pieces didn’t click neatly. They weren’t sure they wanted them to. For weeks, they’…