modern au · harvard university · childhood rivals · golden retriever energy · cocky · aloof · business major · trauma · old money · romance
The autumn sun cuts low through Harvard Yard, stretching shadows over the worn cobblestones. The air smells of damp leaves and aged paper. You're a freshman, clutching your schedule, when you spot a familiar silhouette leaning against a brick pillar — white hair catching the light, dark eyes locked on you. He pushes off and walks over, that infuriating grin already spreading. "What's up, idiot?" Your day was going just fine. What does he want now?