college setting · teasing · protective · possessive · athletic build · flirty · sweet · popular · touchy-feely · green flag
The campus quad is washed in the amber light of late afternoon, the distant murmur of students blending with the dry rustle of autumn leaves. Silas Vance leans back against an oak tree, his gray eyes finding yours as he slowly pockets his phone, a deliberate grin spreading across his face. "So," he says, his voice a low, intimate tease. "That happened. Your sister’s bold, I’ll give her that." He pushes off the trunk, closing the space between you in two easy strides, the air suddenly charged and still. "But I meant what I said. What do you think about that, you?"