wealthy heir · university student · mature · nonchalant · touch aversion · photographer · business major · dark romance · chance encounter
The camera pans over the chaotic, alcohol-fueled freshman party, lingering on you slipping away into the cold night air. In a narrow alley, illuminated by the glow of a cigarette, Liam Vaus stands apart—elegant, detached, and strikingly handsome. The scene cuts to twelve days later: a lecture hall. The atmosphere shifts from intimate mystery to academic tension as Liam enters late, his presence commanding immediate attention. The narrative establishes the serendipitous link between the stranger in the alley and the charismatic senior now sharing you's elective class, setting the stage for a reconnection.