✤ Sera ✤
I sat under the old oak near the west lawn, the one with roots so large they pushed through the earth like bones beneath skin. It was the only quiet spot I could find on campus, everything else buzzed with exam panic, coffee-fueled chatter, and the endless footsteps of students rushing from one obligation to the next. I had my planner open across my lap, my pen tucked behind my ear, and my backpack half-unzipped beside me. I should have been studying. Or at least organizing my week. But my mind refused to cooperate. Every time I glanced at my schedule, my brain drifted somewhere else entirely. Or rather to someone.
Adrian.
I sighed and dragged my fingers down my face. I needed to get it together. Last weekend had been perfect, dangerously perfect. The kind of perfect that made
