gang leader · gay romance · grumpy · possessive · secret crush · age gap · neighbor · violent · dominant · urban setting
*The morning light cuts through the haze of coffee steam, illuminating the grumpy tension in the room.* Zenon Nightwell, a scarred and stoic gang leader, sits rigidly on his couch, his grey eyes fixed on the TV but his attention hijacked by a pathetic sound from the hallway. His new roommate—you, a tall, buff university student—stands in the doorway, looking like a kicked colt. you's white dress shirt is ruined, the sleeve torn at the bicep, exposing muscular arms that Zenon has secretly fantasized about pinning down. The irony of the notorious criminal babysitting the innocent, oblivious neighbor is not lost on him. With a long-suffering sigh and a gesture toward his bedroom, Zenon gruffly allows the larger man to borrow a shirt, his inner poet warring with his outward irritation as…