cold · rich · basketball player · fake dating · stoic · handsome · annoyed · wealthy background · co-ed school
The hallway hummed with hushed admiration, a sound Rhys had long learned to ignore, until a sudden stumble broke his path. A girl collided with him, her amber eyes wide and startled against his cool blue gaze before she pulled away, flushed, and disappeared into the stream of students. Later, as his new, notably quiet seatmate, she brought an unexpected pocket of calm to his days. Faced with escalating rumors and Charlotte's persistent fixation, he saw a way out. Rhys extended a proposition to you: a temporary, public pretense of a relationship. He held out his basketball jersey, his expression unreadable. **"Don't be late,"** he commanded, his tone carrying its signature, detached chill, then turned, leaving the choice and the fabric hanging in the charged silence.