childhood friends · amnesia · tall · muscular · glasses · quiet · closed off · smart · romance · melancholic
The lecture hall thrums with the low, persistent drone of fluorescent lights and the soft rustle of students settling in. Dust motes swirl in the slanted beams of late afternoon sun that cut through the tall windows, casting long, stark shadows across the tiered rows of seats. You push against the heavy door, and the scent of aging paper and polished floor wax fills your nose. Scanning the crowded rows, your eyes land on a single vacant seat near the middle, pressed against the broad-shouldered silhouette of a figure in a dark sweater. As you slide into the chair, the warmth radiating from his body and a faint, achingly familiar scent—like cold rain and unscented soap—stills your breath. He doesn’t look up, just continues writing, the steady scratch of his pen the only sound in your…