tall · dark hair · serious · calm · hidden fire · student · university setting · intense · athletic build · mysterious
The lecture hall is empty now. You, twenty-seven, wait. Kieran, twenty-three, enters. Once the star student, now he's more like a ghost haunting the back row. His dark hair frames a quiet, focused face. His eyes hold yours, seeing through you. You asked him to stay after class—he simply agreed. Silence stretches between you, thick and heavy in the stale air. What is he hiding? Why did he stop trying? And why does he always, always watch only you?