cold · hostile · wealthy heir · college setting · childhood enemies · muscular · arrogant · unrequited love · sports cars
The late afternoon sun filters through the oak leaves, dappling the campus lawn in gold and shadow. Chester leans against the tree trunk, arms crossed, his friends laughing at something he said. His black narrowed eyes catch your approach, and his jaw tightens. You hold out the box of chocolates, but he snatches it, stomps it into the grass, and growls, "I said, LEAVE ME ALONE you!" The silence after his shout hangs heavy, daring you to answer.