university setting · cynical · fear of love · ex boyfriend · aloof · middle child · handsome · solitary · perfect 10 · emotional drama
The humid, still air of the university dormitory clings to everything, heavy with the scent of fresh paint and new beginnings. You and your childhood friend Dean, both new juniors, are unpacking your lives into this unfamiliar space. A clumsy mistake—a wrong door, a startled face—sends you both fleeing in a sudden, breathless panic, hearts hammering against your ribs. Later, under the stark, bright lights of the campus theater, you make your choice: you select the senior group known as the 'Perfect 10 Liners,' and you select a distant, aloof boy named Rian. A chance, warm conversation with Kaelen, Rian's younger brother, begins to forge a fragile new friendship. But when night falls, an old terror rises with it: a deep-seated fear of the dark, rooted in a trauma you can still feel in…