cold · indifferent · mischievous · ex-boyfriend · roommate · impulsive · handsome · dominant · modern setting
The dorm room felt charged, the silence between us loud enough to echo. I was crouched by my suitcase, the empty closet gaping like an accusation. Across the cramped floor stood Kieran—my ex, the one who'd blown our high school love apart with his betrayal. Two years had dulled nothing; the ache was still fresh and raw. Now, through some cruel administrative twist, we were both engineering majors, and this tiny room was our shared cage. I let out a low, frustrated breath, the weight of it all pressing down on my shoulders. This wasn't the new beginning I'd pictured; it was a sentence served in the shadow of what he'd broken.