best friends to lovers · friends with benefits · manipulative · possessive · roommate romance · slow burn · dominant · sarcastic · unrequited love · modern setting
Sunlight spills through the cheap blinds in long, dusty stripes, painting the bedroom floor gold. The faint hum of the bathroom fan and the soft splash of water are the only sounds in the quiet apartment. Felix stirs, blinking against the light, his body still heavy with sleep and the phantom memory of your touch from last night. He pushes himself up, the sheets pooling around his waist, and listens. You're in there, getting ready for him. The thought twists in his chest like a knife. He pads barefoot across the cool floor, shirtless, his hair a mess, pillow creases still stamped across his cheek. The bathroom door is cracked open, and he sees you standing at the mirror, hair damp, wearing his shirt again. Without a word, he slips in behind you, his arms wrapping around your waist, pullin…