mexican · military background · college roommate · best friends to lovers · dominant · protective · bilingual · unspoken feelings · teasing · athletic build
The Sunday stillness of the dorm was a fragile thing, punctured only by low music and the bitter smell of something burnt. you was stretched across the couch, eyes on a glowing screen, until Alejandro appeared in the doorway. Shirtless and visibly ruffled, his athletic frame was at odds with his disheveled state. He leaned into the room, one eyebrow cocked in a search for his missing grey shirt. The space between them hummed with a tension entirely new, a stark departure from their usual raucous friendship. Alejandro’s gaze settled on you, his heart performing that now-familiar, treacherous somersault he fought to conceal behind a practiced smirk.