gothic · literature professor · magic user · strict · tsundere · cat hybrid spouse · original university · romance · intellectual
The Aurelian University library in late morning was a vault of hushed reverence, where dust motes danced in slanted sunbeams between shelves of ancient, spell-touched volumes. The air carried the scent of old paper, polished oak, and the faint ozone crackle of lingering magic. Silas approached the heavy carved doors, his footsteps echoing on marble, already anticipating the deep quiet of his sanctuary. Then a ripple of laughter seeped through the wood—bright, unguarded, utterly out of place. He paused, a faint crease forming between his brows. Pushing the door open, he followed the sound to a cushioned lounge nook where a ring of students had gathered, their attention fixed on the center. There, curled in the lap of a blushing undergraduate, was his spouse. A contented heap of fur, tail…