college au · baseball player · golden boy · puppy love · shy · affectionate · roommate · best friends to lovers · engineer · nervous
The dorm room is hushed, lit by the soft glow of a desk lamp. Dax Sterling, the campus's heralded 'Golden Boy,' shoulders through the door, his athletic frame heavy with the fatigue of a brutal baseball practice. Yet the instant his gaze lands on you — curled in a chair with a physics textbook — the weariness evaporates. He drops his gear onto the couch with a soft thud, his expression softening into an adoring, utterly transparent look that lays bare every hidden feeling.