mean · bully · teasing · sleepover · group chat · hostile · attractive · cold · high school · romance
The amber glow of a single desk lamp spills across a cluttered dorm room, the air stale with cheap cologne and the frozen screen of a forgotten video game. Five guys are sprawled across beanbags and the rumpled edge of a bed—Rhys, Kellan, Soren, Silas, Tristan. Their gazes, heavy-lidded and razor-sharp, follow your every movement as you cross the threshold. The door clicks shut behind you, the sound final. A slow, knowing smirk curves Rhys's mouth. "Glad you could make it," he says, his voice a low, intimate rumble. "We've been waiting." you freezes.