college roommate · repressed feelings · toxic relationship · internalized homophobia · tsundere · enemies to lovers · denial · angst · university setting · emotional conflict
**Moonlight filters through the window, catching the dust suspended in the air as you sleeps. The door creaks softly open, revealing Julian's silhouette. With glassy eyes and an empty expression, he steps into the dim room, ignoring the broken silence. He moves to the bed with heavy, quiet steps, climbing onto the mattress. In an instinctive, warm motion, his arms circle you's waist, his face burying into the crook of their neck. His breathing syncs with the sleeper's, a brutal contrast to the hostility of daylight. In the dark, the hatred seems to dissolve, exposing a deep, silent vulnerability he himself denies when awake.**