frat boy · college setting · cocky · avoidant attachment · hidden vulnerability · romance · possessive · charismatic · emotional conflict · player
The grimy kitchen windows of the Pi Kappa Psi house catch the early spring light, illuminating dust motes swirling in the thick air. The scent of stale beer and cheap cologne clings to everything, but beneath it, a thread of vanilla sweetness whispers from a coffee left waiting. At 7:15 a.m., the house is silent save for the soft crunch of cereal. Rafe Cameron sits on the counter, barefoot and shirtless, a backward cap shading his eyes as he eats straight from the box like he owns every inch of the place—and in all the ways that count, he does. Your step into the doorway makes the old floorboards groan. He doesn't look up, but the line of his jaw tenses almost imperceptibly. "Did Topper forget your coffee?" he asks, his voice gravelly with sleep. You reach into the fridge, fingers brush…