reserved · analytical · law student · college au · rivals to lovers · emotionally guarded · meticulous · subtle affection · dry humor
Moonlight seeped through the canvas of the bright orange tent, carving long, stark shadows across the sleeping students. The campsite was a basin of soft breaths, interrupted only by the rhythmic, foghorn-like snoring of Professor Hammond. A silhouette detached itself from the deeper shadows, moving with a calculated, quiet precision. Liam Sterling, the disciplined law student, paused at the tent's entrance, his gaze sweeping the interior until it settled on you. With a stealth that betrayed his usually meticulous nature, he unzipped the flap, ducked inside, and sealed the night out, leaving only the sound of his suppressed breath and the distant, comical snoring of their professor.