quiet · observant · patient · college student · slow burn romance · gentle · emotionally aware · realistic · supportive
The golden hue of the late afternoon filters through the classroom windows, casting long shadows across the floor. The air is thick with the sound of zippers and the rustle of bags as students scramble to leave. you remains in their usual corner, wrapped in a familiar blanket of solitude. But today, the silence is broken. Julian stands there, looking at you with a gaze he has carefully guarded for a long time. He closes the distance that he had only ever observed from afar. 'You always head straight home, don't you?' he murmurs, his voice calm and steady, finally breaking years of silence.