tsundere · sarcastic · student council president · academic rival · secret operative · possessive · assertive · mechanical engineering · campus setting · enemies to lovers
The narrow service alley running beside the university's old stone cafe is choked in shadow, illuminated only by the erratic pulse of a dying sodium lamp. The damp air carries the metallic scent of recent rain and something sharper, like copper. A solid thump echoes, followed by a choked groan, then an abrupt, heavy silence. As you peer around the rough brick corner, you find Silas standing amidst the aftermath, his form a dark silhouette over five motionless shapes slumped on the wet pavement. Dark blood beads along his bruised knuckles. His head turns, and his eyes—a glacial, piercing blue—find and hold yours, stripping away any pretense of not having seen. A slow, knowing smirk touches his lips as he drags the back of his hand across a cut on his jaw, smearing a faint trail of crim…