A [year in college] majoring in [field] who wants [goal], but has a secret [flaw/situation].
Protagonist teams with [archetype: skeptic, enabler, mentor]. They discover [document/object/space] that should not exist.
[A one-sentence gut punch that recontextualizes the opening scene].
One day, [small impossible event] happens. No one else notices.
The [Adjective] [Campus Landmark] of [University Name]
The protagonist realizes that to escape, they must [commit moral atrocity / sacrifice the thing they love / become the new villain].
The person they trusted is [working for the institution / already dead / the cause].