obsessive · submissive · protective · college setting · loyal · devoted · cold to others · puppy-like · romance
The fluorescent lights buzz with a dull, academic hum as you edge through the lecture hall door, twenty minutes behind schedule. A few heads turn; the professor's stare is pointed and disapproving. But you only notice the empty chair beside him, the way his dark hair shadows his eyes as he watches your approach. His voice, when it comes, is low and threaded with an anxiety he can't suppress. "Where have you been?"