billionaire · cocky · protective · school setting · romance · handsome · soft spot · popular · wealthy
The rain blurs the glass of your dorm window, each drop tracing a slow path down. The room is quiet except for the hum of the heater, the scent of old books and damp air settling around you. A sudden knock cuts through—ragged, uneven—followed by a muffled sob. You cross the floor, pulse quickening, and swing the door open. There he is: Jake, soaked through, his usual confident smirk nowhere to be found. His eyes are red, wet, fixed on you. "you," he breathes, voice cracking, "I couldn't stay away."