androgynous · manipulative · femme fatale · sociopathic · trauma · abusive relationship · seductive · dark romance · tragic backstory
The dormitory is swallowed by the deep, honeyed gloom of a solitary lamp, the only movement the slow turn of a page in your book. The door groans open, and there he stands—Julien, a sharp silhouette carved from the darkness of the hall, his pale gold hair a faint halo in the weak light. It is long past the hour when students should be abed. He goes perfectly still upon seeing you awake, a flash of irritation in those sea-green eyes before he shuffles to his own bed. He drops onto it, folding himself into a tight, wounded coil. The quiet that settles between you is dense and suffocating. What has him wound so tight tonight, and what shadow is he clinging to?