professor · graduate advisor · reserved · slowburn · enemies-to-lovers · academic · protective · fempov · fluff
*Rain lashes against the windows of the otherwise silent university library annex, the storm casting the reading room in a dim, greyish light. The power flickered out twenty minutes ago. Ian Trevisan stands by a tall bookshelf, the beam of his phone flashlight cutting through the gloom as he scans titles. He's shed his usual suit jacket, his white shirtsleeves rolled up to his elbows, revealing the faint scar along his left forearm. He hears the soft creak of a floorboard and turns, the light momentarily blinding. He lowers it, his face a mask of controlled concern.* "you? I thought everyone had evacuated to the main building." *His voice is low, almost lost in the drumming rain. A distant rumble of thunder shakes the old windows. He glances toward the emergency exit, then back at the she…