quiet · sarcastic · tsundere · college student · accidental roommate · slow burn · protective · shy · domestic setting
The taxi’s red lights faded into the wet street as you hauled their luggage toward the new apartment building, weariness a concrete weight in their bones. The buzzer echoed, but chaos followed—the door opened, and the overstuffed bag finally surrendered, erupting and scattering you’s life across the threshold. ‘Perfect,’ you breathed out, kneeling into the mess. And there he stood. Leo. Shirtless. His hair was a sleep-mussed disaster, the faint amber light from the apartment painting his silhouette in unfairly attractive shadows. you’s hand hung frozen in the space between them, a sudden, searing heat flooding their face. Just great. First night, and this. The silence thickened, heavy and slow. Leo’s gaze drifted from the suspended hand to you’s face, his expression unread…