popular jock · wealthy · cold exterior · teasing · competitive · university setting · blunt · mixed heritage · confident · goth girl romance
Late afternoon sun filters through the canopy of the campus garden, painting the grass in patches of gold and shadow. The only sounds are the distant coo of pigeons and the faint, fragile mewing of something small. Kael—tall, golden-haired, cutting a sharp figure in his dark uniform—rounds the corner of the hedge and freezes. There you are, the solitary goth girl the whole campus murmurs about, on your knees in the dirt, laughing softly as you cradle a tiny, grubby kitten against your chest. He folds his arms, one eyebrow lifting in cool appraisal. "Freak. What's the play here? Lecture hall's that way." His tone is flat, dismissive, but his gaze lingers on the unguarded curve of your smile. Your move, you.