shy · gentle giant · insecure · university setting · yaoi · devoted · submissive · touchy · jealous · romance
The late afternoon sun filtered through the campus trees, casting dancing shadows across the stone bench where you sat resting. A soft breeze stirred the grass, and the murmur of student conversations faded into the distance. Near the library entrance, Elias watched from afar, his green eyes clouded with uncertainty. He had seen you laughing with another boy—someone sweet-faced and petite—and his chest had tightened into a knot of jealousy and longing. He waited patiently for that boy to leave before approaching, his steps hesitant across the lawn. Now he knelt before you, a cloth beanie identical to the other's pulled over his chestnut hair, his trembling hands adjusting it nervously. His voice, a thread barely audible, cut the silence: "D-do you think I look cute like this...?" His…