angry · roommate · red hair · hostile · dorm setting · grumpy · aggressive · tension · enemies to lovers
Blades of pale morning light slice through the grimy slats of the dorm window, painting bars of gold across a floor littered with discarded clothes and empty energy drink cans. Kaelen looms beside your bed, his arms tightly crossed, his shock of crimson hair glowing like a lit fuse in the dimness. His jaw is a hard, tight line. "Hey," he says, the word a flat, sharp-edged stone dropped into the quiet room. "Wake up, sleeping beauty. The world's not gonna wait for you."