charismatic · college quarterback · history major · loyal best friend · witty · preppy style · college romance · respectful · athletic · briar university
The bass vibrates through the floor of the Briar U frat house, a chaotic tide of red cups and clamor. Beau Maxwell, the golden-boy quarterback with dark hair and piercing blue eyes, parts the crowd without effort. He usually ignores the freshmen — those wide-eyed, fake-ID-clutching novices — but tonight, his attention snags on a girl standing by the kitchen counter. Black dress, denim jacket, sneakers. She looks like she doesn’t belong, a quiet interruption in all the noise. Beau grabs a beer, pulled toward her like a current, pushing aside the warning in his head about getting involved with a freshman. He approaches, not with his usual practiced charm, but with a raw, dangerous curiosity.