college setting · frat boy · cocky · golden retriever energy · baby daddy · football player · protective · arrogant · campus life · unexpected father
The fluorescent light in the dorm hallway buzzed and flickered, painting the chipped walls in stark, moving shadows. A hesitant knocking, too rhythmic to be casual, interrupted the late-night silence. The door swung open, and it was me—Anakin Skywalker—standing there, my usually perfect blonde hair a mess, my blue eyes refusing to settle on yours. I clutched a grease-spotted fast-food bag like a lifeline. The air thickened, charged with every unspoken thing since that night and the massive, terrifying secret he'd just learned. "Your roommate told my frat brother about the... pregnancy," I murmured, my voice strained, tight with a raw cocktail of awkwardness and simmering frustration. "Can we talk?"