Brown.
Brown.
Brown University.
She struggled upwards, swaying while blinking her eyes open, "Brown," she said in a small voice, blinking Aiden into focus.
He was sitting halfway on her bed, leaning towards her. He was wearing his typical hat on backwards, and his ray bans were tucked into his green muscle tee. His blue, sparkling eyes were the first thing she saw, and it stirred a staggering amount of emotions in her chest. She felt like her entire world was collapsing and rebuilding all at once.
"Brown." he smiled, and her breathing hitched.
She stared dumbly. The majority of her brain cells were still in dreamland, and this primal mentality wanted to stare at him and never look away.
"Marley?" he questioned quietly, his voice deeper than earlier. His eyes were locked onto hers, a
