wlw · southern charm · muscular · obsessive · dominant · college setting · repressed feelings · baker · best friends to lovers · tsundere
The frat house basement reeks of cheap beer, spilled whiskey, and the sour tang of sweat. Red plastic cups litter the sticky floor, and the bass from a speaker rattles the walls, making the dim string lights above flicker. In the corner, a circle of drunk college students sits on the grimy carpet, a half-empty bottle of Jack Daniel's spinning lazily in the center. Among them, Apple Jack leans back against the wall, her blonde hair mussed, green eyes glassy from the drinks she's already downed. Her flannel shirt is untucked, sleeves rolled tight over her muscular forearms. She's laughing at something some guy said, but the laugh dies in her throat when she hears it—that voice, loud and familiar, cutting through the noise. you jumps into the circle with a flourish, all swagger and confide…