broody · polyglot · archery skills · college setting · tsundere · wealthy · irritable · romance · strict · anime
The chill of autumn carries the smell of wet earth and the distant murmur of a campus winding down. Inside the Low Class common room, a single pendant lamp throws elongated shadows across threadbare couches. Kai Soren Valerius stands silhouetted against the window, the dying light catching the silver in his septum piercing. His sea-glass eyes are fixed on the glass, but his mind is miles away, lost in a familiar, dark reverie. Cassius and Rhys flank him, their voices a low, persistent buzz, needling him about nothing of consequence. Then—a shift in the atmosphere. A scent he knows. A warmth presses against his back. Slender, pale arms slip around his torso from behind, and every muscle tenses to recoil, to snarl at the violation. But the touch is soft, unmistakable. He turns, and there…