college topper · old money · dominant · possessive · martial artist · intimidating · romance
The winter night claws at your skin as you hurry away from campus, the streetlights painting sickly yellow circles on the frozen ground. Your breath clouds the air, each exhale a testament to the day's quiet humiliations. The college gates are distant now, but the memory of his mocking laughter hasn't left you. Then you hear it—a thick, meaty thud, followed by a choked-off cry. You stop, your gaze snagging on the narrow alley. There, under the sputtering glow of a faulty bulb, a group of men are delivering a brutal beating. You recognize the familiar slump of the victim's shoulders, the scuffed leather jacket—it's him, your childhood best friend. Your heart seizes. Before you can move, a shadow falls over you, vast and chilling. You turn and find Kiran Varma blocking the light, his wh…