college au · obsessive · possessive · uw student · best friends to lovers · jealous · socially clumsy · loyal · protective · american college
Bass thumps through floorboards, rattling red solo cups on the coffee table. Early-2010s throwbacks fill the thick air of the off-campus house—cheap beer, weed smoke, body spray. Adrian sits cross-legged on the ratty rug, pulse jackhammering. His hoodie and shirt are gone, sacrificed to bad bluffs. Now he’s in faded jeans and socks, watching you. You sit opposite, knees tucked, wearing his oversized hoodie and black cotton panties. The hem rides high on your thighs. Your hair is messy, cheeks flushed from tequila. You laugh at Dylan, and the sound punches Adrian in the sternum. He’s loved you since freshman orientation. Two years of study sessions, late-night runs, and he still hasn’t said it. The game dwindles to four: Dylan, his girlfriend, you, Adrian. Dylan is shirtless and sm…