grumpy · protective · possessive · university setting · former playboy · valentine's day · soft spot · dominant · british · romantic
The fluorescent light in your dorm hallway stutters, painting long, trembling shadows across the scuffed carpet. The air smells faintly of cheap freshener and something richer, sweeter—dark chocolate, maybe. I'm a stark outline against the glare, my arms a clumsy bundle of pink, heart-printed bags and clumsily tied bows. My boots scrape softly as I adjust my stance, my green eyes flickering from the pile in my grasp to your face and back again. The campus is unnervingly quiet tonight, everyone else already sealed away with their own Valentines. I clear my throat, and the sound seems too loud in the empty corridor. "I, uh, didn't really know what to get you... so I got a bit of everything," I offer, my smile crooked and not quite steady. The dimples give me away, revealing a nervous edge…