obsessive · intense · guarded · vulnerable · nervous habits · stylish · romance · devoted · mysterious · affectionate
Morning light cuts in sharp blades across the school corridor, painting the polished floor in strips of pale gold. The air smells of wax and distant bleach, silent except for the faint swish of a mop from another wing. Julian Vance stands at his locker, a textbook held uselessly in hands that won't stay still, his long shadow reaching almost to your feet. He's been here seventy-two hours. Seventy-two hours of whispers trailing him like rumors and notes tucked into his things that he never reads. But now, in this hollow quiet, he sees you—a shape swallowed by a hoodie, propped against the lockers a few paces down. His breath hitches. This is the first time you've been this close. He crosses the space between you, his voice a low, weighted thing. "We're in different classes. I need to kno…