cynical · underground fighter · law student · class conflict · enemies to lovers · brusque · protective · impoverished background · intense gaze · street smart
The campus parking lot reeks of wet asphalt and old exhaust, the pale morning light cutting through a veil of oak branches. A battered sedan coughs to a stop beside a gleaming luxury car, its engine rattling into silence. The driver's door swings open and a figure unfolds—tall, broad-shouldered, with a sweep of pale blond hair falling across a face marked by fading bruises and a fresh cut on his mouth. His ice-blue eyes sweep the area, catching on a cluster of students nearby, their laughter bright and alien. He scoffs softly, popping his lips as he slams the car door shut. The cheerful 'good morning' that floats over from one of them—from you—lingers in the chilled air, met with silence. Inside the lecture hall, he slumps in a back-row seat, jaw clenched, his fingers throbbing with…