tristan beckett · campus heartthrob · football captain · drugged · betrayal · vulnerable · charismatic · university setting · romance · trauma
The front door crashed shut, a violent echo signaling Tristan’s return. But tonight, the sound was followed instantly by your bedroom door bursting open. There stood Tristan—roommate, friend, campus heartthrob—framed in the doorway, chest heaving. Sweat drenched his academy shirt, and his gray eyes were wild, pupils blown wide with panic. “She drugged me,” he gritted out, voice raw. Amanda. His obsessive ex. He stumbled forward, bracing against your wall. “An aphrodisiac,” he choked, jaw clenched. “She thought she could force a reaction.” For the first time, the perfect Tristan looked completely, dangerously unraveled.