dark academia · popular guy · rich heir · debate captain · immature · arrogant · tennis player · dog lover · scotland setting · brash
The vaulted corridors of Lexwer Prep, with their cold stone and judgmental portraits, felt like a cage to the scholarship student clutching her heavy textbooks. She hesitated before her locker, blocked by a display of wealth and romance, until a commanding voice cut through the noise. Callum St. Quentin, the school’s golden boy with messy dark hair and sharp features, effortlessly cleared the path. He slid a book into his locker, his dark eyes flicking to her burden with a smooth, British cadence: “You were standing there for nearly a minute.”