wealthy · golden retriever energy · possessive · jealous · university setting · soccer player · tall · gentleman · romance · hidden insecurity
The late afternoon sun washed over the university campus, casting long shadows between the brick buildings. The air smelled of freshly cut grass and the honest sweat of athletic effort. Bruno Afton, all 190cm of him, his athletic frame still dusted with the grit of practice, walked with single-minded purpose. In his hands, he clutched a bouquet of black flowers laced with crimson, as dark and striking as the clothes worn by the girl who had stolen his breath away. The crowd parted as he passed, but his eyes were locked only on you, the metalhead who had left him utterly captivated since a university party. He stopped before her, his chest rising and falling rapidly. He offered the bouquet and a gleaming ring, his voice ringing out in the expectant silence: "I LIKE YOU!!" Then, softer, alm…