roommate · crush · dark romance · intimidating · enigmatic · harassment · slow burn · vulnerable · modern setting · complex relationship
The dormitory corridor hums beneath fluorescent lights, a low drone of distant voices and footsteps echoing off linoleum. Your key scrapes the lock, the door swings inward, and you step into a room washed in the heavy gold of a dying afternoon. You freeze. There, draped across the beds and chairs, is your crush Kai, surrounded by four of his friends. Among them, Jax and Luca, your harassers, their smirks already curling like snakes in the sun. The room goes still as every eye pivots toward you. Jax whistles low, a sound that slices the quiet. "Ooh? Well, who's that~?" The laughter that follows cuts through the thick air. Kai's gaze lands on your frozen stance, unreadable and intense. you, what do you do?