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THE LONG AWAITED (by only me) TLC COLLEGE AU BECAUSE I’M FINALLY IN COLLEGE LET’S GOOOO
For starters, they’re all go to a made up university because if I told you what American universities they fit in best, you’d know EXACTLY where I live, and that’s dangerous… I’m extremely biased towards my college (since birf). Also, I think they’d all go to different colleges (kai is 10000% ivy, scarlet is 10000% agricultural school in the south, thorne is either an elite cali school or an sec school with an acceptance rate of 82%, wolf either goes to community college or plays d1 in the acc, etc) but again if I told you what colleges I think they’d go to, YOU’D KNOW WHERE I LIVE.
Ok so let’s call this school, uh, University of Luna State (I almost did Luna State University but that’s too close to LSU… I don’t live in Louisiana btw).
They’re all the same age and first-years students for the sake of this AU.
Cinder: Majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Minor in Computer Science. On here on a scholarship that pays most of her tuition. Has an on-campus job at the recreation center (hates it but part of her financial aid). She’s in the engineering club, also for her scholarship. She’s doesn’t do much with the school outside of that. She’s really good at her stem classes but hates any liberal arts classes the school makes her take. Tutors all her friends. She’s minimalist and cleans up her side of the dorm well. She also will clean the suite whenever something’s been dirty for a minute. Very considerate. When they go out, she usually doesn’t drink much and will only get drunk on rare occasions.
Kai: He’s the extra kid. Double Majoring in Business and Political Science (he’s either pre-law or pre-business, I haven’t decided yet) and minoring in Public Policy. Definitely in the Honors school, has a legacy in the university, 0 financial aid, was valedictorian and study body president at his high school. High ACT and SAT scores, could probably skip college with the amount of credits he got from APs, and beautiful recommendation letters that made admission officers tear up. AND he’s an orphan who’s helping to run his father’s company on the side. Yeah, he’s going WHEREVER he wants. Harvard is begging him to apply. Maybe he’s president here too! In a bajillion clubs like debate, pre-business, classical, maybe in a business frat?, running, tutoring, swing dancing (for giggles). Bro is never free. He’s a neat freak who likes to cook so his roommate loves him. Actually, he’s everybody’s campus crush, and is a popular subject on yikyak. Sororities LOVE him (he can’t stand their lack of uniqueness). When going out, he does like to drink but opts out because he’s a bit of a lightweight (#embarrased) but is SO funny when drunk. In fact, Thorne and Scarlet make it their mission to get him absolutely hammered just once.
Scarlet: Majoring in agricultural studies, minor in Spanish. She wants to be trilingual. She’s an average student academically, an all rounder im all subjects. She’s a farmer ❤️. Not concerned with getting outstanding grades because she doesn’t want to go to grad school. Making her grandma proud. She’s on the dance team!! (I decided she should be a dancer in this). Someone convinced to join a sorority her freshman year so she rushed and got into a top one. DESPISED it. She was never on good terms with the president (or wtv they’re called) and was always doing something that got her in trouble. She quit after she getting in trouble for flirting with a man on the basketball team. She joked she was the sorority’s diversity hire because she was a redhead (there was only ONE black girl there, MAJOR red flag). Would commonly refer her sorority days as the dark times. She’s a MAJOR heavyweight, would be the one helping her friends home even if she drank because she’s not affected. She gets messy but always cleans after herself, even if it takes her a minute. Lives “deep cleaning” the while suite and will turn the space upside to scrub every corner, maybe once every two months? THE BEST cook, everyone is always asking her to prepare a meal.
Wolf: majoring in, uh, environmental science? usually, athletes like him try to major in something easy so they can focus on their sport, but he really cares about his eduction. I’m not sure exactly what he’d study though. Maybe something with animals. He either plays D1 boxing, wrestling, or football, again I haven’t decided. Boxing is more realistic but I want Scarlet to have this big football boyfriend at her side during school, just to piss off her old sorority. Wolf just fits the uniform, yk? Anyways, he’s sweet and loyal, lives at the gym, always at practice. He really only carves time out of his schedule for Scarlet because he woofs her. Once he gets along with everyone else he starts hanging out with them individually (wow, Wolf can talk!) and they get lunch. Sometimes he steals food from the athlete dining hall to share with his suite mates. He opted out of rooming with other athletes because they weren’t kind and not humble at all. He doesn’t have much stuff and everything is always tidy. He doesn’t mind cleaning or cooking, though he is bad at it at first. When going out, he doesn’t drink because of his sport, so he’s usually taking care of everyone. Papa bear.
Cress: Smarty-pants is majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Theater. She’s a prodigy, genius, perfect score on the math part of the SAT and the math and science part of the ACT. Studied really hard in school so she got great grades. Also on here on a scholarship. Also honors student. She’s also a BIG nerd and loves singing so she auditioned for a role for a show in the spring and got a small part but, hey, at least she got a part!! Took a lot of convincing from her friends to audition. She’s always at the library or somewhere quiet where she can sing. When going out, she was shy at first but now she can take a few drinks. Depends what, though, because she’s an extreme lightweight. Give one hard seltzer and she’s gone.She moves margaritas though. If she’s drunk, she’ll start dancing and she can move pretty well! She’s not good at cleaning but she tries and is always on too of it. But no one really taught her how to broom or vacuum so it’s not perfect. She does get a lot better eventually!
Thorne: Oh stars above. He’s going through a phase, okay? It’s the first time in his life without his dad breathing down his neck so goes a little bananas. He decided not to join the ROTC, but join a frat. A true ‘service’ fraternity. He’s pre-business like the rest of them, but not like Kai. Brother is majoring in beerology at this point, because all he does is drink beer. Heavyweight, obviously, some type of drink in his dorm. Also smokes, not vape (thank goodness), and will occasionally smoke weed. Fake ID. Womanizer, need a I say more? Your typical frat bro. The baseball cap, polo shirt, khaki pants, flip flops, and sunglasses. Fails his midterms, uses it as a wake-up call, and gets better. Man, that first semester is rough for him. Especially with the hazing. He got pee’d on 100%. Maybe whipped. When he starts hanging out with his real friends, he finds out he has more fun and slowly drifts away from the frat. Then he only goes back for required stuff and opts out of living in the house. Yay Thorne! Proud of him. He goes through some traumatizing stuff in that house. He’s messy and doesn’t clean up after himself. He gets better at that too, though.
Winter: Majoring in International Relations, minor in Global Policy. She wants to do something international, she doesn’t want to stay stagnant. Very smart, valedictorian of her high school, very well-spoken. She’s also very committed to her education. Everyone just loves her, but notice that she is a little odd at times. Oh, her strange quirks? That was developed as a coping mechanism from the trauma she received from her evil stepmother. We don’t have to go into details right now, though. Anyways, she’s patient and funny. The perfect roommate. Everyone’s campus crush. She cleans and cooks too! When going out, she’ll drink, but try not to get drunk. She does on accident the first couple times because she didn’t know her limit. Only when it is just their group in a small space, she’ll go all out. She’s not super involved with the campus, she’ll go to games often because she loves cheering them on, but not in many clubs. She tried intramural field hockey for the first time, though, and loved it.
Jacin: Majoring in Biological engineering, pre-med track, minor in chemistry. So, he’s awaiting death. Pre-med is HARD and gen eds are demanding for no reason. He’s always at the library, if not, he’s at office hours, if not, he’s at his dorm studying. His schedule is strict and follows it to a T. His ‘fun-time’ is going to the gym, eating, and hanging out with Winter. Bro is tired. There’s never an end to the work he needs to do. Unlike Cress and Cinder who are geniuses and like what they’re learning, he’s normal and struggles. It is that he’s not smart, it’s just a lot of work. He’s committed, though, and performs well. He’ll usually say no to going out unless Winter says yes which is most of the time. Doesn’t drink. He doesn’t want the hangover to affect his studying. I think he’ll switch his major later on to biology because he realizes that, though it looks good on medical school applications, he’d rather not burn himself out. Doesn’t do much with the school, will occasionally attend sport events, usually minds his own business. Cleans often and well.
Iko: D9 ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA. She loves her sorority, that’s why she doesn’t live with the rest of the girls. Makes lots of friends there. It does stress her out a lot though. Majoring in marketing, minor in public relations. Influencer. Fashion expert. Wanted to go to design school, but thought this career would be more feasible. Sometimes forgets to clean after herself, but always apologizes for it. Extroverted, invites all her friends to her sorority parties. Knows where the functions are. Lives in the club. Fake ID, always getting stuff for her friends. She loves her friend group and wishes she could take them everywhere with her. Knows where all the best spots to eat, hang, and party in town are. Literally knows everyone and is friends with the entire campus. Also knows all the lore, tea, drama, beef, etc. Has terrible luck with boys, swears them off for a week after every situationship, but eventually goes back. Iko, STOP GOING FOR THE FRAT BRO’S, THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT YOU.
I’m too lazy to do the rest but they’re there too. The girls all live together in a suite for 4, and so do the guys. In fact, they live across the hall for each other! That’s how they meet. Cinder and Cress are roommates and Scarlet and Winter are roommates. Kai and Thorne and roommates and Wolf and Jacin are roommates. Works out! Scarlet and Wolf are immediately smitten, but she’s talking to a basketball player (the one she got in trouble for). Then he cheats, Wolf helps her get revenge and the drive off into the sunset forever. They are PDA, and she’s always asking for the room for themselves…
Jacin and Winter already knew each other, and, woah, they live across the hall! Only up from there. At first, they didn’t know they were going to the same school because Winter wanted it to be a surprise. She though maybe they needed space, but she was so, so, so wrong. They were meant to be together.
Thorne and Cress, deep sigh. Cress always had a crush on Thorne, but he was too evil to date her. Cinder even tried to set her io with Kai, but everyone knew that Kai was in love with Cinder. Thorne doesn’t see Cress that way at first, but slowly becomes infatuated with her. He even skips his frat parties to go to her shows. She’s the reason he recovers, really. Everyone thinks he’s not good enough until he proves himself. Amazing boyfriend to Cress. They cute. Took a minute. Though, he’s tight with Cinder at first.
They kiss, actually. College is the time for mistakes, and Cinder and Thorne are not the exception. They’re best friends, obviously, and she smokes with him sometimes. The kiss, oh, we don’t talk about that. He just leaned in, she accepted, turned into a mini-makeout session, until she pulls away, slaps him, and screams in horror. Why? Oh, because she pictured Kai. They weren’t together at that point, but the kid was madly in love with her and she was oblivious. Thorne follows around with a ‘what are we?’ and she hides in her dorm in fear. Fortunately, she confronts herself about her feelings and realizes she’s madly in love with Kai too.
Kai honestly doesn’t know what to do but to confess. Scarlet is his number one wingman. She tells him, wait, she’ll fall for you. Scarlet’s right. Kai and Cinder are always together, he asks her to tutor him math and he helps her write her papers. He gets impatient and starts dating another girl, but doesn’t actually like her that much. Cinder tells him to break up with her and he’s like OK. Cinder honestly does like him and wants to hang out with just him. She also like his laugh, his soft voice when he’s explaining grammar, his hair that falls perfectly into place every time, his smile that makes her feel warm inside, the way his ears blush first, his eyes that convey so much emotion, his perfectly shaped lips that she could- shit. She has the small revelation during one of their sessions and she can’t stop thinking about him and then she kisses Thorne (because then MAYBE he’ll leave her mind) and then she thinks about what it would be like if Kai was kissing her right now. That leads to another and they eventually get together but in secret. Their study sessions became makeout sessions. So the crew is trying to get them to date and they travel to a cabin overnight. Scarlet and Thorne offer to sleep with Cinder and Kai and they force them into a bed. Little do they know, they wanted to cuddle. Scarlet and Thorne wake up to them all over each other and they’re like ‘do they know something we don’t?’. The secret comes out and everybody’s happy.
So yeah, that’s my college AU. I love. I love. I love. Let me know your thoughts! And help me decide for Wolf.
