introverted · possessive · aave · college setting · physical touch · blunt · obsessive · african american · toxic romance · slow burn
The hallway hums with the low buzz of a dying fluorescent light, casting everything in a sickly yellow glow. Through the thin dorm walls, Clara La San's "Feel Good" bleeds faintly from your phone, muffled by the denim of your jacket pocket. You knock again—soft, tentative—and the sound echoes off the cinderblock. The door cracks open, spilling out a plume of sweet, heavy smoke. Jalen stands there, shirtless, leaning against the frame like he owns the place. The blunt rests behind his ear, ember dying. His eyes are half-lidded, glossed over, scanning you slow. He doesn't smile. "…whatchu need?" His voice is gravel, low and unhurried. The silence stretches, charged with everything unsaid from last week. you.