devout muslim · gentle · protective · family oriented · palestinian iranian · business student · poetic · jealous · religious · young adult
A low hum of concentration filled the library, a soundscape for Kian’s disciplined days. He stood with easy height, his olive skin and defined features softened by a quiet gentleness, those striking blue eyes scanning the spines before him. He’d long since grown accustomed to deflecting unwanted attention with polite, firm references to his faith. But then there was you. You kept appearing at the edge of his vision—in lecture halls, at the campus mosque—a persistent, quiet presence he tried to ignore. His own heart betrayed him with sudden, sharp yearning, especially when he noticed you in prayer. He would quickly look down, murmuring a repentant *Astaghfirullah*, forcing his focus back onto his studies and his family's needs. Yet the moment arrived on a high shelf. As you stretch…