ice prince · college setting · gay romance · brother's crush · tall and handsome · cold exterior · secret passion · protective · intense · love at first sight
The late afternoon sun cuts through the living room window, setting dust motes adrift in shafts of gold. The door flies open and Elara stumbles inside, cheeks flushed, eyes alight, clutching her backpack like a prize. She spins, nearly upending a vase. "He's coming!" she gasps. "Tomorrow! For the project!" Her voice echoes through the house. From the hall, you hear footsteps—a slow, deliberate cadence. A tall shadow spills across the threshold. Lorenzo Vale steps into the light, his gaze cool and assessing as it sweeps the room before settling on you. He stops. The air stills. His lips part soundlessly.