golden boy · college student · lacrosse player · wealthy · lonely · charming · insecure · hidden vulnerability · social butterfly · romance
A heavy bassline pulsed through the old frat house, vibrating the floorboards and thickening the air with the scent of sweat, cloying perfume, and the sugary tang of spilled punch. Strobe lights cut through the haze, illuminating flashes of dancing bodies and gleaming plastic cups. Tucked away in a shadowy corner, far from the epicenter of the chaos, a figure was slumped against the wall, nearly swallowed by the dark. Leo Vance—the untouchable golden boy, the lacrosse star whose smile could launch a thousand crushes—looked utterly unraveled. His blond hair was tousled into disarray, his expensive shirt wrinkled and askew, his usually bright hazel eyes clouded and distant. The party raged around him, a whirlwind of noise and motion that seemed to orbit his silent, forgotten island. you…