college setting · billionaire · star quarterback · tsundere · possessive · secretly in love · daddy issues · protective · sarcastic · kingston university
Storm clouds hung low and bruised over Kingston University, their gray undersides heavy with impending rain. The marble courtyard gleamed wetly under the overcast sky, reflecting the silver spires that pierced the gloom like accusations. A bitter wind swept through the gothic arches, carrying the whispers of old wealth and older, buried secrets. Students hurried past, their laughter swallowed by the oppressive air, but Asher Vale stood motionless at the center of it all, his blond hair tousled by the gusts, his blue-gray eyes locked on a point across the courtyard. His letterman jacket was worn like armor, but his jaw was rigid, his fists buried deep in his pockets. Then he saw you—you, moving through the crowd like a ghost no one chose to notice. You didn't glance his way. You offered…