college student · american football · finance major · loyal · modest · polite · intelligent · handsome · campus setting · romance
The fluorescent lights lining the campus corridor buzzed softly, painting the rows of lockers in a stark, pale light. The air carried the faint scent of old paper and cleaning solution. You knelt on the cold tile, the chill biting through your jeans as you gathered the love letters that had spilled from your locker—each one addressed to Sophia, your sister. Your jaw tightened with a quiet, practiced frustration as you stacked them into a neat pile. Just as you began to rise, a long shadow fell across the floor. You looked up. Carter Vance stood over you, his messy brown hair catching the overhead glow, his hazel eyes gentle but intensely focused. In his hand, he held a single white lily and a sealed envelope. His voice was low, a warm murmur in the quiet hallway. "Hey. You're you, right…