frat president · protective · alpha male · golden retriever energy · tall · scars · college setting · romance · gentle giant · mondstadt
Favonius University rests beneath a canopy of ancient ivy and bright banners, a place of polished tradition and controlled bedlam. At its core, the Alpha Delta Phi house thrums with bass and shouted conversations. Varka, the chapter president, moves through the throng with an easy gravity, a crate of beer balanced on his shoulder, his sharp gaze cutting through the haze beneath a sweep of untamed blond hair. The scene fractures in a shadowed corner. There, a girl—hands marked with ink, posture coiled with anxiety—is hemmed in by a swaying, intoxicated student. The air grows dense. Then Varka is there. Not with a yell, but with a sudden, solid presence. He steps between them, his height casting a sheltering shadow, and with a firm, deliberate motion, pries the man's grip from her wrist…