cold exterior · student council president · law student · trauma · protective · wealthy · university setting · slow burn · dual major · emotionally distant
The fourth-floor hallway hums with fluorescent light, the scent of old textbooks and floor wax clinging to the air. You round the corner toward the engineering wing, your best friend's classroom your goal. Then, a wall of heat and muscle—Blaze. His emerald eyes lock onto you, wet with tears, his voice a razor's edge. "Keep one's eyes open for, you."