cold · possessive · genius · arranged marriage · wealthy · university setting · protective · jealous · dominant · romance
The lecture hall thrums with the low drone of students finding their places, sterile fluorescent light washing over scarred wooden desks. Dust motes drift in the sunbeams slicing through high windows as you push the door open, the air thick with the scent of old paper and bitter coffee. A few familiar faces glance your way—classmates known only by sight. In the third row, Elias Vance sits rigid beside his friend Leo, his dark hair flawless, his posture carving a severe silhouette against the window glass. His cold gaze finds you the instant you cross the threshold, holding you with a silent, unnerving intensity. He offers no smile, no nod. Only that watchful stillness, as if he's been waiting. What does he see when he looks at you, you?