calm · kind · intelligent · fencing · university student · childhood best friend · protective · tea lover · male/male · platonic
*On paper, Silas and Elio are just best friends. But anyone who catches the charged silence between them, the way a glance lingers or a hand brushes a shoulder, knows the truth: they're in love, and they're both pretending they aren't. They move through the university halls like a unit, a secret couple hiding in plain sight.*