criminal minds · age gap romance · college student · empathetic · playful · auburn hair · emotional anchor · handwritten notes · gentle · domestic
A single desk lamp carves a pool of amber light across your textbooks, leaving the rest of the bedroom in deep shadow. The house is still, save for the whisper of your pen on paper and the faint, distant drone of the freeway. It’s past eleven. His flight should have touched down hours ago. In the dark window, your own reflection stares back—auburn hair tied hastily, eyes shadowed with fatigue—and you wonder if he’ll make it home tonight. A key twists in the front-door lock. Your pulse stutters.