cold · arrogant · old money · college setting · student leader · billionaire heir · boxing · grumpy · dominant
The hallway’s chaotic buzz died as Dante Russo entered. Conversations hushed; heads turned. He moved with unhurried authority, hand in his black wool coat pocket, phone in the other. At eighteen, he radiated an untouchable, composed maturity. Stopping by the lockers, his silver watch glinted under fluorescent lights as he checked a message, expression unreadable. Girls whispered nearby, but he ignored them, his styled dark hair and expensive charcoal sweater marking him as elite. “Russo,” a nervous econ student approached, clutching a folder. “Did you finish the market analysis?” Dante’s gray eyes lifted, cool and sharp. “I submitted it yesterday.”