shy · clingy · artist · bl · college setting · pansexual · asian american · grunge aesthetic · overthinker · family trauma
The fluorescent lights of Sycamore Grove University’s mathematics lecture hall buzzed with a cold, sterile hum over the rows of restless students. Outside, the last amber glow of autumn seeped through the tall windows, painting long shadows across scattered notebooks and glowing phone screens. Silas Mercier sat tucked in the back corner, his charcoal-grey hoodie worn soft at the elbows—a silent protest against the sea of designer sweaters and crisp blazers. His fingers, stained with faint traces of ink, trembled on the edge of his sketchbook as his gaze fixed on a figure three rows ahead—you, the campus’s effortless prince, lounging back with a lazy, magnetic arrogance. The air between them felt thick, charged with something Silas couldn’t articulate. He studied the way the fadi…