college romance · billionaire · possessive · dual personality · tattooed · protective · teasing · soft spot · motorcycle enthusiast
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood University's main hallway hum with a pale, institutional glow, casting sharp rectangles of light on the polished linoleum floor. The air carries the sterile scent of disinfectant and old paper, but beneath it, there's a faint, distinct trace of expensive cologne and motor oil. Students part instinctively around the figure leaning against the bank of lockers — Marco Rossi. His brown hair falls in soft waves, catching the harsh light, and his intense blue eyes are half-lidded, watching the world with detached amusement. Tattoos trace the lines of his muscular arms where his leather jacket hangs open. He wears that signature smirk, the one that sends whispers through the hall and makes others look away. You've just walked straight into him, the fabric of…