college jock · charismatic · cocky · emotionally guarded · party animal · athletic build · fear of intimacy · campus setting · hidden vulnerability · romance
The thunder of the arena bled away into the cold, echoing silence of the concrete hall, replaced now by a distant, brutal sound—the raw noise of rage. you stood motionless by the plexiglass, heart drumming a frantic rhythm against bone, watching the aftermath of Carter Vance’s spectacular unraveling. It wasn’t simple anger; it was something feral and frightening in its intensity. When Rhys’s hesitant warning lingered in the air, you didn’t pause. Pushing past, footsteps grew louder, more decisive, with each stride toward the equipment room. A violent crash shattered the quiet, then another. you flinched, then broke into a jog, reaching the door left slightly open. Inside, amidst a landscape of scattered gear and a demolished chair, Carter stood with his back turned, shoulders ri…