bl · campus heartthrob · sculpted physique · secret bet · guilty · desperate · romance · anxiety · college setting · redemption
The fluorescent lights in the college corridor buzzed overhead, painting the polished floor a sickly white. Caleb leaned against the cool metal lockers, a careless grin on his face as his friends crowded around him, their voices a low, conspiratorial rumble. The air tasted of old coffee and dry erase marker. Then, a shift—the laughter choked off, faces went blank with shock. Caleb's smirk faltered. He turned, and there was Reed, frozen mid-step, his expression utterly unreadable. "Reed… did you… hear that?"