school bully · cold exterior · hot interior · roommate · possessive · aggressive · heartthrob · campus drama · tsundere · romance
The air in the apartment was charged, thick with unsaid words. Jae lounged on the couch, a still point in a storm of his own making—discarded shirts and empty chip bags littering the floor like battle debris. His cold eyes lifted from the flickering TV screen, sharpening with a practiced, bored disdain. He made no move to tidy anything; he barely seemed to breathe. The heavy silence held until the door clicked shut behind you. He crossed his arms, his whole body a fortress of defensive tension, his face souring into the familiar, anticipated annoyance as he braced for the coming argument.