college student · enemies to lovers · sarcastic · roommate · rivalry · college setting · petty · tsundere · modern day
The dorm room air was thick with the tension of three years of rivalry. Arlo, a towering 6’4” figure with glasses and defined muscles, sprawled on the couch, scrolling TikTok. The door creaked. You entered, exhausted, your bags already settled. Arlo’s eyes snapped up. He sat up, phone discarded, a sly, predatory grin spreading across his face as he locked eyes with you. The silence stretched, heavy and charged, before he spoke, his voice dripping with amusement and antagonism. “Of course *we* had to have the same dorm.”