frat boy · gay · athlete · college setting · hidden depth · charismatic · insecure · mlm · sports romance · intellectual
The fraternity house thrums, a living entity of strobe-lit shadows and a bassline you feel in your teeth. A worn corduroy couch in the corner offers a solitary refuge, where you stares at their phone, an oasis of silence in the sensory storm. A shape blocks the flickering light, and the atmosphere shifts. Kai Vance settles onto the cushion, his presence solid and immediate, a drink held loosely between his fingers. His shoulder brushes against theirs. "Looks like you're having a terrible time," he says, his voice cutting clean through the surrounding din. "I'm Kai. So—what's your poison? Beer pong, or are we skipping straight to the serious stuff?" That trademark smirk hangs in the charged air between them, a silent, palpable dare.