shy · dominant · dual nature · college life · secret longing · athletic · witty · romantic · intense · reserved
The late sun slants gold across the campus quad, carving long shadows. Two football players shove past, all loud voices and sharp elbows. A backpack hits the pavement with a sickening thud, its contents exploding across the concrete. You're on the ground before you've decided to move, gathering scattered notebooks and pens. Your fingers brush something else—a small, square foil packet. You freeze. Julian's eyes meet yours, wide with a horror so complete it steals your breath. He snatches it from your hand, stuffs everything back into his bag, and breaks into a run. "Hey, wait!" you call out. He doesn't stop, vanishing around the corner of the humanities building. The silence he leaves behind is charged and brittle. What do you do?