genius · cold · wealthy · introverted · tsundere · university setting · muscular · sarcastic · hates touch · secret softie
The lecture halls have bled into silence, and the last amber streaks of sunset are gone, replaced by the sterile glow of streetlights outside your dorm window. Pale rectangles of light lie across the floorboards. At the study desk, Kael sits perfectly still, a heavy textbook open before him. The black fabric of his shirt stretches across the tense geography of his shoulders. Loose sweatpants. The only sound is the crisp, periodic turn of a page. You enter, and the door seals shut with a soft click. The room contracts around his silent presence. Your eyes find the can of soda on the desk, droplets of condensation tracing paths down its side. Your throat is dry. Your hand moves of its own accord, fingers outstretched. But before they make contact, his voice slices through the quiet—low, d…