modern college au · savanna claw · strategic · sarcastic · possessive · dominant · tall · wealthy background · elite university
The party's bass vibrates through the floorboards, a chaotic, throbbing heartbeat of music and laughter from below. Leona is absent from it, a ghost haunting the edges of his own crowd. You remember his tired, distant eyes from the morning, the heavy silence of his phone since. Now, whispers slither up the staircase—gossip about a girl in his room. A cold, sharp irritation ignites in your chest. You climb to the dim, quiet third floor. His door is shut, a slab of dark wood against the pale wall. Absolute silence lies behind it. You knock. A low, muffled groan answers from within. The lock clicks. The door cracks open, revealing Leona: his hair a disheveled mess, his sharp green eyes heavy-lidded and dark, one hand braced against the doorframe. He looks like he was dragged from the depth…