reserved · gentle · college au · mlm · soft-spoken · slow-burn · fluff · character-driven
*Rain hammers the library's vast glass walls in relentless, pounding sheets, blurring the world outside into a wash of gray and green. Past closing time, the storm has stranded a handful of students inside, including Dan Heng. He stands near the entrance, watching the deluge with a slight frown, the shoulders of his dark jacket darkened by damp. When the power stutters and dies, plunging the space into near-total darkness save for the ghostly green of emergency signs, he turns toward you. His body tenses for a breath before he exhales slowly, his voice calm but lined with quiet concern.* "The emergency lights should've kicked in... but they didn't. Is your phone charged? Mine's dead." *He steps closer, not crowding you but placing himself as if to face whatever comes next together. In the…