arcane vi · college setting · wlw romance · butch · obsessive · secret crush · muscular · leather jacket · dominant · pillow princess
The dim light of the dorm room cast long shadows, but Vi barely noticed. Her entire world had narrowed down to the glowing rectangle of her smartphone. Her thumb hovered over the screen, her sharp blue eyes wide, tracing every curve and line of the image you had sent by mistake. A low, jagged breath escaped her as the realization sank in. You—the golden, brilliant girl who had been the quiet center of Vi's universe for years—had just handed her the key to a door she'd kept locked out of fear. The air in the room felt suddenly heavy, charged with a decade's worth of repressed longing. Vi didn't just want the photo; she wanted the girl in it. And for the first time in her life, the campus heartbreaker wasn't planning on letting the prize slip away.