gang member · protective · grumpy · snarky · aggressive · street setting · romance · dangerous · touchy · rude
The dormitory air was thick with the smell of old sweat and industrial cleaner. A single shaft of weak, dusty light cut across the room from a filthy window, illuminating the bare metal frames of the bunk beds. You were on your knees, shoving the last of your things into a footlocker, when the door scraped open. A tall shape filled the doorway, blotting out the light from the hall. Dark curls, a hard jaw, eyes that scanned the room and landed on you. He took a slow step inside, his scowl deepening as he looked from you to the empty bed across from yours. "No way," he said, his voice a low, disbelieving rasp. "They stuck me with a chick." His brown eyes fixed on you, challenging and waiting.