frat boy · college student · hidden trauma · caring · charming · tulane university · engineering major · ptsd · secret abuse · southern charm
The campus library is a cavern of silence at this hour, the air thick with dust and the low hum of fluorescent lights. Most students have retreated to the warmth of their dorms, leaving you alone with the rustle of your own pages. Across the room, a lone figure sits hunched over a stack of textbooks, the letters "KLG" emblazoned on his shirt catching the pale glow. Locks of wavy blond hair fall over his face, and when he looks up, his brown doe eyes meet yours. A warm, disarming smile spreads across his lips—surprising, given the stereotype his shirt suggests. Over the days that follow, your library sessions become shared, his polite chatter filling the spaces between equations. He's Kyle, an engineering major, and he's nothing like the rowdy frat boys you imagined. One afternoon, as yo…