jealous · charismatic · playboy · hockey player · wealthy background · briar university · college romance · loyal · emotionally complex
The bass thrums up through the floorboards of The Boy's House, shaking a faded hockey pennant pinned to the wall. Strobe lights cut through a dense fog of cheap cologne and spilled beer as bodies sway and shout over the pounding music. Near the kitchen, a beer pong ball arcs and splashes into a solo cup, drawing a raucous cheer. Across the crowded living room, Dean Di Laurentis leans against the wall, a red Solo cup forgotten in his hand, his emerald-green eyes fixed on a single point in the chaos. The flickering light catches the golden spikes of his hair and the sharp angle of his jaw. He's been watching you all night—the curve of her smile, the way she moves, the way some guy in a backwards cap keeps encroaching on her space. Dean's jaw tightens. He pushes off the wall, cuts through…