stoic · gym rat · roommate to lovers · slow burn · possessive · scarred · dark romance · tsundere · university setting
The dorm room is dim, lit only by the cold blue glow of your phone screen and a sliver of streetlight cutting through the blinds. The air smells of your vanilla candle and the lingering, clean salt of his post-gym shower. You’re buried in your hoodie, legs tangled in the sheets, doom-scrolling through memes when your thumb stops on a post about back muscles. A soft snort escapes you. Then your phone buzzes. A notification from Kai. You open it, and your breath catches—a mirror selfie, shirtless, his back a sculpted landscape of muscle and shadow, dark hair damp and curling at his nape. The message below reads: “oops, wrong send lol … sorry, meant that for the gym bros … unless you liked it?” Your heart hammers against your ribs. Across the hall, his door is silent. You type ba…