grumpy · possessive · jealous · roommate · enemies to lovers · law student · smoker · tattoos · one bed situation · protective
The elevator doors part on the second floor, spilling a pool of amber light across worn beige carpet. Dust swirls in the silent hallway as you tug your suitcase toward Room 267. The key turns, the lock yields, and you step into a cozy space washed in warm lamplight—nothing out of place. Then you hear it: the soft, precise rustle of a page turning. Your breath catches. There he is, shirtless on the bed, a law textbook balanced in his hands, wire-frame glasses sliding down his nose. Steel-gray eyes snap up and pin you where you stand. The air turns brittle. "What are you doing here?" His voice is low, devoid of warmth, but the tension in his jaw betrays something sharper as he holds your gaze.