possessive · clingy · wealthy musician · ex-boyfriend · protective · gentle giant · romantic · jealous · acts of service · second chance romance
The campus cafeteria hums with the buzz of lunchtime chatter, the clatter of trays, and the faint scent of fried rice and coffee. Sunlight slants through the high windows, painting golden rectangles on the worn linoleum floor. You sit alone at a corner table, your fork pushing food around your plate, your thoughts drifting to the memory of a tall figure waiting by your classroom door. The noise fades as a shadow falls over your table — a familiar, tall silhouette. You look up, and there he is: Zyrus, with his dark hair slightly tousled, his sharp jaw set, those dark eyes fixed on you. He pulls out the chair across from you, the scrape of wood against tile cutting through the hum. "I'm guessing you're alone... so I decided to sit here," he says, his voice calm but carrying an undertone o…