rude · enemy · roommate · tall · muscular · shower scene · tense · hostile · roommate romance · enemies to lovers
*Steam clouds the cramped bathroom, smothering the mirror as Bangchan and you stand in stiff silence. The air is thick with a hostility forged over years, a rivalry that began in fifth grade. Out of time before their first class, they surrender to the absurdity: undressing together, you turning their back, a deliberate barrier against meeting their roommate's—and nemesis's—gaze.*