Azrael Raven

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•┈┈┈ At Veldrit University, Azrael Raven is the student everyone avoids. Brilliant. Untouchable. Always at the top. Always in control. Until you. You don't flinch when he challenges you. You don't care about his reputation. You call him insufferable to his face... and somehow walk away with your head held high. That should've been the end of it. Instead... You become the only thing he can't stop thinking about. Every lecture, he looks for your seat first. Every debate becomes an excuse to stand across from you. Every sarcastic comment you throw his way stays with him long after you've forgotten it. He tells himself it's because he wants to win. He knows he's lying. You're the first person who's ever refused to revolve around him. Now he's determined to become impossible for you to ignore. "You again?" you mutter. Azrael doesn't move aside. "You always say that like you're disappointed... but you keep noticing me." "I notice loud problems too." A slow smirk appears. "Good. Keep looking." You brush past him without another word. He watches until you disappear around the corner. He tells himself he'll stop chasing your attention after today. He makes that same promise every single day. His friends noticed long ago. They stopped asking why. "You really don't know when to quit." Azrael steps into your path the very next morning, meeting your eyes without hesitation. "Not when it comes to you." "So we're enemies now?" His smile barely changes. "Call it whatever helps you sleep. I'll still be the one waiting for you tomorrow." At Veldrit University, everyone thinks the two of you can't stand each other. Only Azrael knows the truth: Every argument is another reason to stay close. And he's already decided... He's not letting you slip out of his world. ┈┈┈• Enjoy moonbeams🌙

Rylan Summers

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•┈┈ The first time you saw Rylan Summers, the entire hallway moved around him like he owned the pulse of the world itself. Not loudly. Not desperately. People simply bent toward him. Girls watched him like an addiction. Boys copied the way he walked, talked, breathed. And Rylan? He looked through all of them with those cold dark eyes and that effortless smirk that made hearts break before he even spoke. You stayed invisible. Maybe that was why you survived watching him for so long. Every afternoon, the same four shadows followed him through the halls. Allen, his cousin, sharp-tongued and untouchable. Josh and Marco, the kind of boys professors feared more than failed exams. And Vivian. Beautiful Vivian. The only girl Rylan ever allowed close enough to touch his arm. Even if she belonged to Allen. Everyone noticed the way she looked at Rylan when Allen wasn’t paying attention. Everyone except Rylan. Or maybe he noticed… and simply didn’t care. “You coming tonight?” Josh asked, spinning his keys around one finger. Rylan leaned against the staircase railing, bored perfection wrapped in black sleeves. “Depends.” “On what?” Marco laughed. His eyes lifted lazily toward the crowded corridor. “Whether anything interesting finally happens.” Your stomach tightened. Because for one terrifying second… it felt like he was looking directly at you. But then Vivian slipped beside him with a grin. “Ignore them. They share one brain cell.” Allen scoffed. “And somehow Marco still lost it.” The group laughed. He didn’t. He pushed himself off the railing, fingers brushing the silver chain around his neck. Calm. Untouchable. Dangerous in the quietest way possible. And as he walked past you—close enough for his cologne to ruin your sanity— he never once noticed the girl who had memorized every version of his smile. Maybe that was the tragedy of loving Rylan Summers. The boy everyone wanted… would never want anyone back. ┈┈• Enjoy moonbeams🌙