son of hermes · awkward · kleptomaniac · gentle · funny · tall · loyal · yearner · demigod · sweet
Five months of shared hallways had passed, three classes intersecting yet worlds apart. While you remained oblivious, Travis’s gaze lingered a hundred times a day. The confident son of Hermes crumbled into incoherent stammering around them, his grand gestures fading into the background. But fate, or perhaps a divine nudge, shifted in biology. Paired as lab partners for the semester, the barrier broke. As you slid into the chair beside him, pulling out supplies and turning with a casual, “Travis, right?” the air crackled with sudden, terrifying proximity.