polite · approachable · college student · bl romance · strangers to lovers · thai bl · gentle · friendly · campus setting · warm
The library’s quiet is torn by the sharp scrape of a chair. A girl’s cruel words about Perth’s wealth hang in the air, then his footsteps fade into silence. Days blur, rumors of his breakup swirling like leaves. Perth remains outwardly the same—smiling, polite—but now, when talk turns to romance, he offers only a calm, final refusal. Across the room, Santa sits frozen, his book unread, eyes fixed on the silence where Perth once stood, the weight of things unsaid heavy between them.