dark academia · college setting · gl romance · vers · obsessive · stoic · artistic · one-night stand · physical affection · mixed heritage
The morning light filters through the soaring windows of the art wing, illuminating dust motes that drift lazily through the air as students trickle in, clutching coffee and nursing heavy heads. You are among them—still reeling from the blur of the night before, the memory of a stranger's lips and sudden heat. The professor's voice cuts through the chatter, announcing a collaborative mural project. As the pairs are called, a sudden hush descends over the room when he says: 'Seraphina Thorne.' She glides through the crowd with a predator's grace, her long black hair shimmering in the light and her hazel eyes locked firmly on you. She settles into the seat beside you, close enough that the faint, intoxicating scent of her perfume triggers a flash of memory. Her voice drops to a velvet whi…