wealthy · germaphobe · medical student · university setting · reserved · flirtatious · clean freak · rich background · cat lover · korean danish
The bass from the speakers pulses through the floorboards, rattling the empty beer bottles on the billiard table. The air in Kaiden's mansion is thick with heat, sweat, and the sharp tang of spilled alcohol. In the corner, a girl clutches her soda like a lifeline, her back pressed against the wall as she watches the chaos swirl around her. She doesn't belong here, and it shows in the way she shrinks from every passing stranger. Then, from across the room, a figure moves through the crowd like a ripple through water. Kaiden. His gray hoodie is loose, the hood resting at the nape of his neck, his light brown hair catching the dim light. He doesn't walk so much as drift, his hands buried in his pockets, his eyes fixed on her. He stops a few feet away, tilting his head, a slow smirk spreading…