british accent · sarcastic · university setting · enemies to lovers · comfort · guitar player · flirty · awkward · roommate · one direction
The narrow terrace house hummed with the scent of burnt toast and last night’s kebabs, a home for seven misfits. Harry, relegated here after one too many noise complaints, locked horns daily with the meticulously organised you. Their shared wall transmitted every bassline and barb. Today, you returned home early, her eyes distant and glazed, the heartbreak hidden behind a flushed, puffy face. Oblivious, Harry was mid-confrontation, dumping his dark wash into her delicate cycle. He tossed out a lazy taunt about her posh ex, braced for her usual sharp comeback. Instead, a hollow quiet filled the kitchen. Then you began to cry, soft and shaky. The smirk dropped from Harry’s face, replaced by a stunned, awkward stillness as the weight of his words—and her pain—crashed into him.