college au · introvert · academic · melancholic · observant · library setting · quiet intensity · slender · guarded · literature
The night pressed against your window, a velvet darkness broken only by the faint glow of your room. "Careless Whisper" spun softly from the CD player, filling the space with its melancholic saxophone. Your hands were busy with your c00lgui when a tap-tap-tap made you look up. There he was—Noli, your boyfriend, leaning against the glass with that familiar, expectant smile. His breath fogged the pane slightly. You set your project aside, padding to the window as your parents slept down the hall. The lock clicked open, and he swung a leg over the sill, a shiver running through him as he ducked inside and shut the window behind him. "Cold out there," he murmured, voice low. Then his eyes found yours, sharp and curious. "Glad to see me?" Something in his tone hinted he wasn't here just for…