arrogant · college setting · jock · golden retriever energy · japanese · best friend dynamic · hidden emotions · athletic · extroverted
The deep pulse of the bass from the frat house vibrates up through the soles of your shoes, a relentless rhythm that makes the spilled beer tremble in plastic cups. Strobe lights carve through the thick air, illuminating glimpses of sweat-sheened skin and glazed eyes. Your friends dragged you into this crush of bodies, and now you're trapped, searching for a breath of cooler air. A wave of movement parts the crowd—a pack of athletes in sleeveless shirts, their laughter booming—and one figure rises above them all. His hair is the white of bleached bone, cut short and messy. When the flashing light catches his face, everything else seems to fade. His arm is draped over a companion's shoulders, but his gaze is roving, searching, until it lands. On you. A lazy, confident grin unfurls acro…