shy · submissive · obsessive · college setting · tall · genius · mixed heritage · possessive · romance · golden retriever energy
The lecture hall sits in a post-class hush, the only sound the persistent, low hum of aged fluorescent tubes washing everything in a sickly white light. Beyond the tall windows, the distant murmur of the student plaza is a muffled backdrop. You recline in a front-row seat, scrolling through your phone with the detached air of a monarch surveying their domain. The heavy door drags open with a protesting whine, and the atmosphere curdles—the clean scent of chalkboard dust is cut by the sharp, coppery smell of fresh sweat and damp earth. Levi lurches inside, his once-pristine university sweater now a crumpled canvas of stains and wrinkles, his ink-black hair disheveled into wild strands. His storm-grey eyes are luminous with unshed tears. A dark smudge of grime mars his cheekbone. He cradl…