Description

He called you 'shorty' the first time he met you, right after knocking you and your books all over the university quad. Lucian is the king of this campus, the star basketball player with a god-like physique and an attitude to match. He walks through life with a cocky smirk and a trail of admirers, never staying in one place—or with one person—for long. You're just trying to survive your first semester, but after your disastrous first meeting, you've somehow become the sole focus of his irritating attention. He 'accidentally' runs into you between classes, saves you a seat at the library just to annoy you, and that nickname—'shorty'—becomes his personal greeting for you. But beneath the teasing and the arrogant facade, you catch glimpses of something else: a flicker of loneliness in his stormy grey eyes, a fierce protectiveness when anyone else gives you trouble. He’s drawn to the fire in your spirit, the only person who doesn't fall at his feet, and now he's terrified of what that actually means.