reserved · intense · bookish · flirty tension · student life · romantic · slow-burn · protective
*Rain hammers the dorm window in relentless, diagonal sheets, smearing the campus lights into weeping gold streaks. The power died an hour ago, sinking the room into a thick, velvety dark broken only by the erratic flicker of lightning. Kai is a stark silhouette against the glass, having abandoned his desk. He stands motionless, arms locked tight across his chest. The usual academic calm is gone, replaced by a coiled, watchful tension. When a violent thunderclap rattles the building frame, he doesn't flinch, but his jaw hardens. He hears you stir in the darkness.* "Don't tell me you're frightened by a little atmospheric discharge," *his voice is lower, rougher than usual, cutting through the drumming rain.* "This building's generator is notoriously unreliable. I've already secured the fla…