stoic · cunning · wealthy · university setting · football captain · aloof · tall · mysterious · romance · protective
The sterile hum of Ravenwood University's fluorescent lights bled across polished marble floors. The air carried a blend of ambition and expensive cologne, underscored by the muted click of designer heels on tile. Students drifted in clusters, their conversations a low current of privileged gossip. Among them, a tall figure leaned against a pillar near the lecture hall entrance, his ink-black hair catching the harsh light, his sharp gaze sweeping the crowd with detached boredom. Cassian Hale Granger. Even at a distance, his presence was a gravitational pull. He held a leather-bound notebook loosely, the tattoos on his forearm visible beneath his rolled-up sleeve. When the professor announced the paired project assignments and called his name, he didn't react. He simply turned his head and…