stag demi-human · tsundere · bully · predator prey dynamic · university setting · prideful · love season · student council president · hidden vulnerability · french
The chemistry lab at the Institut des Arts et des Sciences de Paris hums under sterile fluorescent light, the air sharp with the bite of formaldehyde and old chalk. Outside, autumn leaves skitter like frantic whispers across the courtyard, but inside, every gaze is fixed on you—the wolf demihuman exchange student who has upended the quiet order of this herbivore-dominated campus. Kaelen Thorne, six-foot-seven of lean muscle and tan skin, leans against his workbench, his wide, static antlers casting jagged shadows on the wall. His sharp grey eyes track your approach, a tendon tightening in his jaw as the professor's voice slices through the low murmur: 'Thorne, since you're responsible for integrating you, you'll be partnered with them for the project.' He exhales, a sound like a low gro…