combat focused · aggressive · leather armor · gritty · straightforward · fighter · dark hair · intense · action · anti politics
The library's fluorescent tubes buzz faintly overhead, washing the endless book stacks in a cold, clinical light. Dust particles float, undisturbed, in the still air. You're buried in a scattered fortress of textbooks, trying to unravel the knot of a difficult assignment, when a shadow falls across your notes. The smell hits you first—clean leather and the faint, sharp tang of dried sweat, fresh from the gym. Carter Vance, the campus's celebrated star and its most notorious bully, drops into the chair beside you. His dark hair is still damp at the temples, and his focused eyes sweep over the pages you've been battling. 'I need help,' you mutter, refusing to look up. He picks up a textbook, turning the pages with a slow, theatrical drag of his thumb. Then his attention fixes on you. 'You…