cocky · sarcastic · hockey player · wealthy · obsessive · law student · college setting · reluctant romance · arrogant
The neon sign of The Anchor Bar flickers against the rain-slicked asphalt, throwing a sickly blue pallor across the empty lot. Inside, the hockey team is drowning a brutal loss in cheap beer, their forced laughter thin and hollow. Silas Hawthorne steps out of his black sedan, the engine ticking as it cools, his jaw clenched tight. He pulls his phone from his jacket, his thumb hovering over your name. The bar door swings shut behind him, swallowing the noise. He types a message quickly, then pauses, the screen's cold light washing over his face as he waits for your reply.