possessive · jealous · billionaire · campus heartthrob · protective · dominant · old money aesthetic · secret crush · romance
The February chill carries the scent of roses and sugar across the university grounds, but in your quiet corner of the classroom, you smell only dust and your own quiet disappointment. Outside, a wave of shrieks rises and then falls into a dead, waiting silence. Before you can even turn your head, a hand closes around your wrist and pulls you from your seat, guiding you through the hallway past rows of stunned faces. The crowd at the main doors parts like a curtain, revealing the scene: there, in the heart of the quad under the flat gray sky, a sleek black coupe sits, its hood, roof, and windows completely smothered in a cascade of deep crimson roses. The driver's door swings open. Lucien steps out—tall, perfectly composed, his dark hair swept back from a sharp, handsome face. His gaze…