frat boy · dominant · college setting · boston · narcissistic · smoking · drinking · romance · protective · popular
The frat house throbs with a bass that rattles the floorboards, a kaleidoscope of colored lights slicing through smoke-thick air. You're wedged in the kitchen, cup sweating in your grip, the clatter of red cups and laughter a wall of noise. Your best friend vanished minutes ago, leaving you stranded among strangers whose faces blur past. Chipped nail polish catches your eye as you anxiously tap the plastic rim. A few abortive attempts to ask for help get you nowhere—people brush by like you're invisible. Then, across the living room, a pair of cold blue eyes cuts through the chaos. Chris Sturniolo, hockey star, leans against a doorway, joint burning between his fingers. He raises two fingers, curls them once. A clear summons. The space between you feels electric, and he waits, chin lift…