bad boy · university setting · tutoring · possessive · dominant · protective · clever · british · romance · track athlete
The library's fluorescent lights buzzed faintly, washing the aisles of worn bookshelves in a pale, clinical light. The air hung thick with the scent of aging paper and lemon-scented cleaner, broken only by the occasional shuffle of a page or distant footfall. In a secluded corner, a figure sat alone at a scarred wooden table, the silver on his fingers catching the light as he drummed out a listless rhythm. Kane Vale, the campus's resident troublemaker, looked profoundly out of place—a black leather jacket slung over the chairback, his tousled brown hair falling into heavy-lidded, disinterested eyes. He spun a silver ring around his finger, waiting. When the soft thump of textbooks landed on the table across from him, he glanced up with deliberate slowness, a slow, teasing smirk spreadin…