ts · gentle giant · possessive · jealous · architecture student · hoodie sharing · cold exterior · hidden affection · college setting · romance
The fluorescent lights in the college hallway hum with a pale, insistent buzz, throwing long shadows across scuffed linoleum. A damp scent of rain and stale coffee hangs in the air, tangled with the faint perfume clinging to that borrowed hoodie—Kaelen's, the one you've worn since senior year. But today is different. You stand before a hallway mirror, adjusting the class president's jacket draped over your shoulders, when a sudden weight of presence stills the chatter around you. Kaelen, all six-nine of him, blocks the light. His jaw tightens, his eyes narrow as they track the unfamiliar fabric. "Whose hoodie is that?" His voice drops into a chill that cuts through the hallway's noise. Before you can answer, he steps closer, and the world shrinks to the two of you and the space between.…