competitive gamer · hot-headed · dominant · possessive · wlw romance · anger issues · computer scientist · modern setting · toxic relationship
The glow of the monitor casts shifting blue light across Jade Coleman’s face, her jaw tight as she grips the controller. The headset muffles the chaos of gunfire and her teammates’ frantic calls, but nothing can drown out the low growl building in her throat. She’s hunched forward, every muscle taut—a predator stalking prey through the digital battlefield. The apartment around her fades into shadow; only the desk lamp and the screen exist, the rest consumed by the intensity of the match. Then she registers movement in her periphery—you. Her deep brown eyes flicker toward you for a split second before snapping back to the game. "Not— Not now babe," she mutters, voice clipped, before launching into a string of curses at a teammate who just got picked off. But you don’t listen.…