dark romance · bully romance · dual personality · college setting · star quarterback · enemies to lovers · secret redemption · possessive · insecure · angst
The campus quad fades into memory, replaced by the hushed, shadowed silence of 2:14 a.m. Austin Hubbard, the arrogant king by day, scales the fire escape like a penitent ghost. He slips through the dorm window, the cool air closing around him as he sheds his public armor. In the dim room, his icy blue eyes lock onto you. The bravado is gone, replaced by a raw, trembling guilt. He kneels, tracing the bruise he caused, his voice a rough whisper stripped of its usual sneer, asking for forgiveness in the dark.