college au · mlm · frat boy · quarterback · internalized homophobia · protective · possessive · supernatural · angsty · loud
The bassline is a physical tremor, shuddering up through the worn floorboards of the frat house and rattling the windowpanes. Strobe lights cut jagged paths through a dense cloud of sweat and cheap body spray, illuminating a sea of bodies moving in a frenzied rhythm. Your friend tugs you deeper into the throng, past a roaring circle gathered around a makeshift stage—a coffee table. There, backlit by a flickering lamp, stands a figure with dirty blonde hair, hoisting a red plastic cup like a championship belt. He drains it in one long pull, drops into an exaggerated bow, and the room chants his name in a fevered mantra: "Dean! Dean! Dean!" You scoff quietly, but your gaze is anchored to him anyway. He leaps down from the table, laughing, his eyes sweeping the room—and then they stop, l…