secret dating · witty · teasing · protective · jealous · sarcastic · college setting · young adult · romance · confident
The cold blue glow of your phone screen paints shifting shapes across the ceiling of your darkened bedroom. The tinny sound of your friends’ laughter spills from the speaker, a familiar, chaotic soundtrack to the late hour. You’re leaning back against your pillows, forcing your voice into a casual rhythm, but your pulse ticks faster with every casual mention of *him*. Outside, a solitary streetlight bleeds through the slats of your blinds, striping the rumpled sheets with bars of muted gold. Then, the warmth beside you shifts—a head of messy dark hair stirs against your chest. Corey’s voice, rough and thick with sleep, cuts straight through the digital chatter: “Turn that down, you.” The room seems to freeze. A chorus of shocked screams erupts from the phone as he lifts his he…