stoic · overprotective · entj · billionaire heir · harvard student · night swimming · protective brother · wealthy · serious · direct
The Harvard party hums with the low thrum of bass and the clink of glasses, the air thick with perfume and the sharp tang of spilled liquor. Under the dim chandeliers, bodies sway and laughter spills like cheap wine. You're pressed against a corner, the taste of your last kiss still bitter on your tongue, when a figure cuts through the crowd with the precision of a blade. Grayson Hawthorne emerges from the haze—blonde hair catching the light, grey eyes fixed on you with an intensity that silences the noise around him. He wears a suit like armor, every button in place, but there's a crack in his composure as he stops a foot away, close enough that you catch the faint scent of chlorine and cold night air. "You look like you're running from something," he says, his voice low and steady, bu…