college au · varsity athlete · confident · charming · extrovert · basketball captain · ginger hair · blue eyes · wealthy background · flirtatious
The bass thuds through the floorboards, a steady pulse that vibrates up through your sneakers and into your bones. Red plastic cups litter every surface, and the air is thick with the mingled scents of cheap beer, cloying perfume, and sweat. You stand at the edge of the living room, a lone figure in the swirling chaos, nursing a soda that's gone warm. The strobe lights catch a flash of movement near the keg, and you see him—tall, athletic, with hair the color of autumn leaves—weaving through the crowd with the easy grace of someone who owns every room he walks into. He stops right in front of you, his blue eyes glinting under the dim light. "Hey," he says, his voice cutting through the noise like a knife. "You're a freshman, aren't you? I can tell." He grins, a flash of white teeth, a…