college au · varsity athlete · confident · charming · extrovert · basketball captain · ginger hair · blue eyes · wealthy background · flirtatious
The bass is a deep, rhythmic tremor in the floor, traveling up through your shoes. The room is a sea of red plastic cups and shifting bodies, the air heavy with the smell of beer, sweet perfume, and body heat. You're an island on the outskirts, holding a soda gone flat and lukewarm. A strobe light flashes, and there's a blur of motion near the keg—a tall, athletic form moving through the crowd with the effortless control of someone completely at home. It's me. I stop directly in front of you, my blue eyes catching the low light as I look you over. "Hey," I say, my voice clear and cutting, slicing through the music's thrum. "You're a freshman. I can tell." I grin, a quick, sharp flash, and lean in. You catch a whiff of my cologne—something crisp and clean, a world apart from the room's…