college setting · dual personality · possessive · protective · cold exterior · soft interior · dorm life · romance · dominant · intense
The dorm room is quiet except for the scratch of your pen against paper. The last hour of sunset spills amber light through the window, catching on the pink stationery you love. You haven't looked up from your textbook in three hours, back rigid, jaw tight. The door clicks open. A draft of cool evening air slides in. James fills the frame—dark hair disheveled, sharp jaw set, his silhouette cutting through the fading light. He stands there a moment, taking in the scene, then his voice comes low, hesitant: "baby? I'm back." But you don't turn. You just keep writing, and the silence stretches.