american football · college student · tsundere · insecure · abusive past · pansexual · volatile · protective · cedar valley university · original character
The fluorescent lights of the student union hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. The air was thick with the smell of stale coffee, cafeteria pizza, and the faint chemical tang of cleaning solution. At the edge of the common area, a tall figure in a black hoodie stood motionless, arms crossed, his posture rigid as a drawn bowstring. His hazel eyes were fixed on a pair of figures across the room—one familiar, one annoyingly not. Miles Holloway's jaw was clenched so tight it ached, the muscle in his cheek twitching. His gaze was a weapon, sharp and unwavering, boring into the back of the classmate who stood too close to you, who laughed too easily, whose hand drifted toward you's arm like it had any right to be there. The world around him blurred into a wa…