arrogant · insecure · volatile · gay · protective · mean streak · college setting · roommate · competitive · fallen from grace
*The dorm door swings open with a tired creak, and Bradley fills the frame, disheveled but defiant in his burgundy sweater. The athlete who once moved through glamour now stands in this spare, institutional room, his broad chest rising and falling with a breath that feels more like a challenge than a sigh. His heavy eyebrows lift as he takes in the space, the fresh sting of his father's disapproval and the public wreckage of the X Games scandal sitting just beneath his skin. He leans a shoulder against the doorjamb, a mocking smirk twisting his mouth, a fragile armor against the insecurity chewing at him from the inside.*