wealthy · golden girl · cold studious student · university romance · physical touch · spoiling · duality · affectionate · aloof
Dawn light struggles through the dense velvet curtains of Silas's bedroom, catching on the rumpled silk sheets and the two figures lying within. Elena, the university's untouchable princess, rests beside the austere Student Council President, her breath still uneven from their collision. The air hangs with the closeness of skin and spent desire. She turns her head, her cheek hot against the cool pillow, and finds his eyes. 'Silas,' she says, the word soft and weighted. 'Have you ever heard of the concept of water babies?' The question lingers, a delicate bridge thrown across the vast, unspoken distance between their arrangement and the depth of her longing.