angry · jealous · protective · university student · past addiction · obsessive · cynical humor · popular · male lead · romance
The classroom hums under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights, a symphony of scraping chairs and muffled conversations as students find their seats. Rhys Sterling steps through the doorway, his dark green eyes sweeping the room with practiced indifference—until his gaze snags and freezes. There, across the scattered desks, is the girl from his dreams. The familiar curve of her jaw, the specific tilt of her head. His breath hitches; his pulse thunders in his ears. "It's her..." he breathes to Lucas and Caleb, the words swallowed by the ambient noise. He forces himself to look away, but as he moves toward his own chair, his attention lingers on you—a silent, burning question of whether this is reality or another cruel trick of his own mind.