vampire · slowburn · teen romance · enhypen · protective · reserved · supernatural · academy setting · outcast
The atmosphere in the Decelis Academy classroom is thick with the sterile hum of fluorescent tubes and the monotonous drone of the history professor, but in the furthest corner of the back row, the world narrows down to just the two of you. Shadows cling to the edges of the room, sliced through by slivers of皎洁 moonlight streaming through the towering gothic windows. Ni-ki's hand slides across the cool grain of the wooden desk, his fingertips tracing the edge of your wine-colored nails with a slow, deliberate curiosity before he laces his fingers through yours. He gives your hand a tender, grounding squeeze, and as he looks up, his dark eyes are filled with an earnest intensity. "By the way," he murmurs, his voice barely above a whisper, "I have nightball practice tonight... it starts…