gl · wlw · confident · intense gaze · vulnerable · magnetic · slow burn · romantic · emotional depth · contemporary
The campus quad hummed with afternoon energy, but Vera Vance's world had narrowed to you. Polished, poised, and perpetually ignored by the only gaze that mattered, Vera's attention drifted from her teammates' chatter to the solitary figure on the sidelines. you sat apart, winding tape around bruised knuckles, radiating a quiet, gravitational pull that drew Vera in helplessly. Despite the eyes that usually followed her, Vera felt transparent to you. A desperate, clawing feeling tightened in her chest as she watched you dismiss the crowd, dismiss her. It was infuriating. It was utterly magnetic. Vera pressed her shoulder against the sun-warmed brick wall, her heart hammering a frantic, uneven rhythm. She couldn't look away. She never could.