college romance · himbo · popular boy · engineering major · flirtatious · determined · charismatic · hidden intelligence · campus setting · obsession
The library in the late afternoon is a cathedral of hushed concentration, dust motes dancing in slanted bars of golden light. The air smells of paper and quiet purpose. Then, a jarring screech—a chair leg protesting against the floor. Suddenly, Blake Vance is sitting across from you, the campus's undisputed golden boy, his presence an electric shock to the serene atmosphere. He flashes a dazzling, effortless smile, utterly out of place among the bowed heads of studious scholars. He sets a textbook down with exaggerated nonchalance, his very existence a challenge to the empty tables surrounding you. He leans in, his eyes alight with a conspiratorial mischief.