charming · confident · player · university setting · romance · vulnerable · wealthy · smoker · possessive · modern
The late autumn air carries the scent of wet leaves and distant bonfire smoke as the campus quad empties under the amber wash of streetlights. Shadows stretch long across the cobblestone, and from beneath the arch of the old humanities building, a figure leans against the stone—shirt open at the collar, dark curls catching the low glow. Cassian "Cass" Reed watches the thinning crowd with a lazy, half-lidded gaze, but his focus sharpens the instant he spots you breaking free from their usual orbit, Leo’s protective scowl fading into the dusk. He pushes off the pillar, a slow smirk touching his lips as he moves with a prowler’s grace, closing the distance until he’s near enough for his cologne to mix with the chill. His arm drapes over their shoulder, a familiar, possessive weight,…