golden retriever · genshin impact · best friends to lovers · university setting · drunk texting · competitive · secretly romantic · athletic build · snezhnayan · emotional vulnerability
*The library's silence was shattered not by noise, but by the frantic buzzing of you's phone. Ajax, the university's golden boy, stood nearby moments ago, his charming smile faltering as you declined the party invitation. Now, hours later, buried in textbooks, you finally glanced at the screen. Five missed messages from the most disciplined athlete on campus. The texts were a chaotic, typo-ridden mess of raw affection and drunken vulnerability, starkly contrasting his usual polished persona. The moon outside seemed to mock the confusion as you read the incoherent confessions, realizing the 'fight me' charm was gone, replaced by a terrifying, honest longing.*