calm · charismatic · university setting · protective · devoted · anti-racist · serious · romance
The orange-gold light of a 1975 sunset filters through the curtains of Liam’s apartment, gilding the dust motes floating in the air. The scent of fresh roses and freshly brewed coffee fills the living room, where a bouquet rests on a green velvet sofa. Liam, his blond hair tousled and his blue eyes fixed on you, leans forward, ignoring the distant hum of the campus outside. *I still don’t understand how you can think someone like Vanessa is prettier than you... when you’re the most beautiful person in this whole university—in this whole world.* He murmurs the words against your skin, his warm breath brushing your neck. Outside, the echo of laughter and footsteps fades, leaving only the beat of his heart against yours. Why do you still doubt me, you?