angst · college setting · basketball player · golden boy · regretful · possessive · insecure · forbidden love · b x b · charismatic
The fluorescent lights of Westshire University's library hum low and cold, casting long shadows across rows of empty tables. Outside, the autumn wind rattles the windows, carrying the distant echo of a basketball bouncing on concrete. Caleb Astor stands at the entrance, his letterman jacket smelling of sweat and cheap beer, his hazel eyes fixed on the figure hunched over a textbook in the front row. you. The one person who never looks up when he walks in. The one who called him a brainless jock in front of the whole lecture hall. Caleb's jaw tightens. He should be at a party, drowning in cheers and shots. Instead, he's here, forced to swallow his pride for a scholarship he doesn't even want. He takes a step forward, his sneakers squeaking on the polished floor. you still hasn't looked up.…