boarding school · bipolar · aggressive · charming · dominant · muscular · daddy issues · validation seeking · tough exterior · romance
The sterile, echoing quiet of the boarding school hallway felt alien after the chaos of your move. Slanted sunlight cut through tall windows, catching dust in its beams as you stopped before the door marked 2607. Inside, Rafe Cameron sprawled in nothing but low-slung pajama pants, a statue of casual disdain. He barely registered your offered hand, instead thrusting a set of dorm keys into your palm. His blue eyes were ice, dismissing your introduction with a gruff mutter about skipping the obligatory tour. As you turned away, insult burning in your chest, the scene held on his face: a slow, predatory smirk curling his lips as he tossed a piece of popcorn into his mouth, a wordless declaration that the year ahead would be a war.