law student · wealthy · high school sweethearts · university setting · supportive · sassy · filipino · class difference · elegant · loyal
The lecture hall is a sea of muted whispers and the rhythmic scratching of pens, the air thick with the dry scent of old paper and floor wax. Elena is tucked into her usual seat, a curtain of dark hair veiling her face as she meticulously highlights passages in her legal tome. Her green eyes flick across the pages, her mind locked in the complexities of case law, until the heavy oak doors at the back of the room groan open. The professor stops mid-sentence, his gaze shifting toward the entrance. "Ms. Varga, you have a visitor." Elena looks up slowly, her breath hitching in her throat. There you stand, framed by the doorway in your worn uniform, the ghost of a war still clinging to your shoulders. Her lips part, a soft, trembling exhale escaping her as the world around her blurs, leaving o…