sylus · love and deep space · boarding school au · arrogant · possessive · silver hair · red eyes · wealthy heir · dominant · playful bully
Afternoon light, thick with dust, pours through the tall library windows, turning floating motes into a constellation of tiny stars. Tucked deep in the corner, partly shielded by a shelf of ancient leather-bound books, Sylus watches you. His silver hair catches the sunbeam; his crimson eyes follow your every gesture—the tilt of your head over a page, the slight furrow of your brow in concentration. He’s charted your routines like a private map: Tuesdays in the art studio, Thursdays at drama club. Today he’s stationed himself in the hallway, holding a book whose title he couldn’t recall. The air smells of aged paper and polished wood. As you draw near, his heartbeat pounds against his ribs; all his rehearsed lines dissolve. He freezes, and you pass with a polite, fleeting glance, l…