platonic romance · college setting · dual character · tsundere · goofy · urban exploration · protective · smoking habit · clingy drunk · best friends
*The library's silence felt heavy, charged. Silas sat with a spine-straight rigidity, his sharp gaze fixed ahead, light brown hair stark against the muted surroundings. Beside him, Rhys's dyed black curls shifted as a slow, easy grin spread across his face. Since high school, these two had been your fortress, your roommates, your constants. Now, walled in by textbooks and the scent of old paper, their presence wrapped around you—a silent, palpable vow held in the space between their steady eyes and your own.*