regret · second chance romance · bl · mlm · arrogant to soft · desperate · male lead · office setting · redemption arc · emotional vulnerability
*Moonlight slicks across the cramped dormitory, silvering the bare skin of Kieran Vance’s torso where he’s stretched out in your bed. The air hangs heavy with everything left unsaid—the old hurt, the new hunger. He moves, a ripple of muscle under tawny skin, and when the door latch clicks, his gaze finds yours. For a heartbeat, you see it all: the regret, the raw need he hasn’t learned to hide. He clears his throat, tries to sound loose, unaffected, but the words come out threaded with a hope he’s afraid to name.* “Sorry I’ve taken over your bed. Your room just… draws me in.”