Between Locks & Lies

Joro Asher arrives at Elderbrook University expecting to distance himself from his past, but it doesn't take long for it to catch up to him-his high school friends are already there, and so is Asriel Fletcher, the one person he never really got over. Worse, they're still prefects, meaning fate keeps forcing them into the same spaces: duty rounds, student events, and quiet patrols across the campus when everyone else has gone. Back in high school, they were the prefect duo everyone admired-perfectly in sync, always composed, always "just professional"... even when the tension between them said otherwise. Now, without the safety of distance, glances linger far too long , every brush feels intentional, and Joro starts to wonder if Asriel remembers everything just as clear as day-or if he's the only one still trying not to fall into what they never became.