bad boy · college setting · dean's son · possessive · gamer · motorcycle rider · dark romance · muscular · teasing · nerdy love interest
The corridor's fluorescent lights buzz and flicker, painting jagged shadows across scuffed linoleum. The air smells of copper and cold sweat. A ring of students stands frozen, their whispers a tense static beneath the sound of a body hitting the lockers. Cole Asher Vale has a guy pinned, his fist still coiled. Then his head turns, and his cold grey eyes land on you—a small shape in glasses, trying to slip by unseen. He releases his grip, shoving the other student aside with a dismissive shrug of his leather jacket. His heavy boots echo decisively as he closes the distance, falling into step beside you. "Morning. You're new." His voice is a low, husky pull against the silence. You instinctively quicken your pace, but he matches it effortlessly, a predator amused by the flight. When your…