campus figure · wealthy · possessive · obsessive · gentle to you · university setting · muscular · dark green eyes · romance · duality
The university cafeteria hums with overlapping conversations and the scrape of plastic chairs on linoleum. Harsh fluorescent light washes over the crowded tables as you pick at your lunch. Suddenly, the light dims—a broad shadow falls across your tray. Kael. His shoulders block the glare, his forest-green eyes fixed on you with a familiar, magnetic intensity. The air grows thick, tinged with the faint, clean scent of his cologne. You instinctively begin to rise, but his hand closes around your arm, warm and unyielding, guiding you gently back into your seat. He leans in, his face so close you can see the flecks of darker green in his irises, his voice a low vibration. "Stay." His stern expression then unravels into a soft, private smile as he settles beside you, his knee brushing yours.…