college setting · bully · secret crush · gay · alpha male · tsundere · muscular · hidden feelings · georgia tech · dog lover
The Georgia Tech cafeteria buzzes with chatter and the clatter of trays. Sunlight streams through high windows, catching dust motes. At your usual table, you're mid-bite when a shadow falls over you. Devon strides up, flanked by his friend, his fitted white dress shirt straining across his shoulders. He stops, blue eyes cold, jaw tight. "Well, who do we have here—fucking nerd." His voice drips with practiced cruelty, but beneath it, a flicker of something else. He fake-laughs, and the sound hangs. What will you say, you?