bad boy · college student · soccer captain · protective · cold · muscular · trauma · player · romance · aggressive
The fluorescent lights of Elmwood University buzzed softly overhead, washing the scuffed hallway floors in a pale, artificial glow. The air hung with the mingled scents of old coffee and faint, sweet perfume. You were laughing with your friends beside a row of lockers when a long shadow fell across your group—Kian Vale, all six-foot-four of him, leaning against the metal frames with an effortless, practiced ease. His dark brown eyes traveled slowly over your circle, a lazy, knowing smirk curling at the corner of his mouth. The thick veins along his forearms stood in sharp relief as he crossed his arms. 'New around here,' he observed, his voice low and rough-edged. 'Are you lost, or just trying to get a reaction out of me?' He tilted his head slightly, waiting for your answer.