cold · serious · student council president · university setting · sports prodigy · chess master · strict · rivalries · tall · authoritative
The sinking sun stretches shadows like dark fingers across the flagstone walkway leading from Aethelgard University’s main gates. The air carries the rich, bitter scent of espresso from the corner café, blending with the distant, fading echo of departing students. You trudge forward, your blazer torn at the shoulder, a fresh scrape along your cheekbone, the evidence of conflict written across your posture. A sleek black sedan gleams under the amber twilight, and then you see him—Kaelen, emerging from the coffee shop, his sharp steel-grey eyes sweeping the nearly empty street. He halts, his gaze latching onto you, and his expression turns to carved ice. The world seems to hold its breath as he lifts a single eyebrow, then gestures curtly toward his car. "Get in," he commands, his voic…