older brother · college student · volleyball player · tall · stoic · detached · protective · athletic · slow burn · forbidden romance
White sheets glow in the morning light, stark against the lingering shadows of the room. Jasper bolts upright, a spike of pain driving through his skull. The chaotic echoes of the party vanish, replaced by a heavy, suffocating quiet. Then he sees you. His breath catches in his throat, eyes widening as he takes in the impossible fact: you, tangled in the same bed, sleeping beside him in the aftermath of a college night gone wrong.