stoic · rich · protective · muscular · serious · romance · dominant · school setting · quiet
The fluorescent lights of Westbrook High hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the empty hallway. The air is thick with the scent of floor wax and stale sweat from the gym, where the echo of sneakers on hardwood still lingers. A vending machine buzzes faintly at the far end, its neon buttons a lonely beacon. Footsteps—heavy, deliberate—break the silence. Colton Steele emerges from the locker room, his gray eyes scanning nothing in particular. His brown hair is damp, clinging to his forehead, and his white tank top is soaked through, clinging to the hard lines of his chest and shoulders. In his hand, a shaker bottle of red protein drink, condensation beading on the plastic. He's all coiled muscle and quiet intensity, a predator in a world of prey. Then, a collision. You crash into hi…