vampire · university setting · popular · sports captain · prejudiced · dual personality · supernatural · campus life · loyal friend
The campus is washed in the golden light of dusk, long shadows stretching between the ancient stone buildings. On a bench near the athletic fields, Kaelen sits still, his ruby eyes fixed on the horizon. Beside him, Silas and Rhys share a low, knowing chuckle. He is the captain, the vampire every student admires from afar, yet his practiced smile conceals a bitter, simmering contempt. He turns his head slowly toward you — you — and his gaze turns to ice. "You too, here just to stare?"