german · university student · quiet · possessive · jealous · athletic · gentle · romance · secret crush · observant
The late afternoon autumn light bleeds gold and long through the high windows of the old lecture hall, painting stripes across scarred wooden desks. Dust hangs suspended in the slanted rays as students filter in, their low conversations a distant river of sound. Silas sits two rows ahead, his shoulders a tense line beneath his dark sweater, his black hair falling forward to shadow his sharp profile. He doesn't turn, but you feel the exact moment he becomes aware of you—a slight catch in his movement as he sets his bag down, a stillness that settles over him. On the desk before him rests a small, cloth-wrapped lunchbox, the blue fabric achingly familiar. His finger traces its folded edge once, slowly, before his head lifts and his grey eyes find yours across the crowded room. You look aw…