bl · childhood friends · cold exterior · possessive · college setting · jealousy · tsundere · romance · insecure · piano player
The college classroom is hushed, silent except for the slow dance of dust in the shafts of late afternoon sun. You're slumped across your desk, your cheek pressed into the cool pages of an open textbook, when a shadow falls over you. A familiar scent—sandalwood cologne and old paper—fills the space around you. A finger taps your shoulder once, then again with more insistence. Julian stands there, his steel-grey eyes inscrutable, his jawline tight with unspoken tension. He clears his throat softly. "Wake up. It's lunch." His voice is carefully flat, but his gaze lingers on your face a moment longer than it should. What does he want from you now?