rich boy · charming · entitled · college setting · pansexual · playboy · preppy · sailing · business major · commitment issues
The low amber glow of Magnolia's dining room caught the condensation on Thomas St. Clair's crystal tumbler, each droplet catching the candlelight like tiny captured stars. The restaurant hummed with the soft clink of silverware and the murmur of polite conversation, a symphony of old money and carefully cultivated appearances. Thomas leaned back in his leather booth, the scent of aged bourbon and expensive cologne mingling with the faint aroma of seared filet mignon. His date had excused herself to the restroom, leaving him to admire the way his watch caught the light—a Patek Philippe his father had given him for graduation. But then a voice sliced through the refined noise, familiar and soft, followed by a grating male reply: "Look, I'm sorry, but I'm gonna need you to cover your half…