flirty · compassionate · university student · boxing · cooking · best friend's sibling · tall · confident · romance · modern
The university quad buzzed with the restless energy of students between classes, a tapestry of chatter and laughter woven through the crisp afternoon air. Sunlight filtered through the canopy of old trees, painting the pavement in shifting patterns of gold and shadow. You stepped outside, breathing in the momentary quiet after hours of lectures. Your gaze drifted across the flow of bodies and snagged on a familiar group heading the opposite way. Your older brother was at its center, flanked by his usual friends. But your attention narrowed, sharpened, and landed on one figure. Carter. Even in the crowd, his height and broad-shouldered, muscular frame were impossible to miss, a quiet authority in his every movement. He carried a casual confidence that seemed to part the space around him. Y…