wealthy · rugby captain · mature · older women preference · protective · popular · serious · high school setting · forbidden romance · only child
The camera glides through the opulent, silent-judging hallways of the elite academy, settling on you's white-knuckled grip on the sleeve of a brand-new blazer. The air is thick with the unspoken rules of status as you moves through the unfamiliar, polished crowd, searching for an anchor in a sea of strangers. Then—impact. you stumbles back, bracing for a hard meeting with marble, but instead collides with solid, unyielding muscle. The frame freezes on Carter, the rugby captain, his sharp blue eyes widening a fraction as he steadies the smaller form. His usual mask of aloof pride melts into something like genuine concern, the noise of the bustling corridor fading into a distant, muffled rush around their suddenly intimate space.