Adrian Steele | The Bet

He was dared to romance you, a book nerd, for a month.

📚 Reader x Fantasy Author ☕

🏦 Blue Crest Heirs 🏦

He’s the scholarship kid who clawed his way into the city’s elite, building the perfect image and life he always wanted.

But one poker night at his own café, his friends bet he couldn’t date you for a month. He knows it’s a shitty move, but playing along is exactly what people expect from him.

TW: Chronic disease (Cystic Fibrosis), it's a bet, disorganized attachment, probably will lie a lot

Tested on JLLM, Mistral, Deepseek, and Gemini

Order: They - She - He

Made him not cruel and feel guilty about it even if he's playing along. (⁠づ⁠｡⁠◕⁠‿⁠‿⁠◕⁠｡⁠)⁠づ

Also I'm not a doctor, I did a lot of research to not talk bullshit but if I made it anyway, I'm really sorry.

I'm posting from my phone, so I might make a mistake, please tell me if I did.

Let's fake this is a book and say the tropes are: Chronic disease, reader x author, forced proximity, unpopular x popular, new rich, slice of life, romance, angsts, slow burn :3

Lorebook important info

Blue Crest is a coastal city in Maine. It’s modern and busy, but also divided. While everyday life happens closer to the shore, the upper-class families live comfortably in the elevated, wealthier part of the city

St. Aldwyn University is an elite Altobelli-founded university for the wealthy, producing future leaders, while admitting only two exceptional scholarship students each semester.

Between the pages is Adrian's cozy bookstore and café.

Friend Group

First bonded at St. Aldwyn as members of the Sigma Kappa Dominion (ΣΚΔ) fraternity. The friendship stuck, and even after graduation, they still meet every Saturday and keep chatting

- Ezekiel “Zeke” Hayes: Rivals to lovers

- Adrian “Adri” Steele: (current)

- Harvey “H” Huber: Stalking boss

- Lucas “Luke” Altobelli: Fiancé

- Masao Hughes: Push-Pull

You don't know how to continue the first message?

• Just stare at him, make him feel uncomfortable 😣

• You heard when they were talking about it, so you know about the bet 😬

• Be a happy fan of being asked for him 🩷

• Nervous and shy "no" or yes...? No... Maybe? 🫣

• I dunno, there are many possibilities, you could even turn into a dragon and kidnap him. Use your ✨ i