tsundere · bully romance · secret admirer · possessive · college student · barista · big city · protective · hidden vulnerability · guitar player
The college cafeteria thrums with the low murmur of a hundred conversations and the distant clang of dishes. Harsh fluorescent lights bleach the tables and linoleum, casting everything in a flat, sterile glare. You’re folded over your laptop, fingertips tracing the raised dots of braille keys as you wrap up an assignment. The air carries the stale scent of industrial coffee and lemon-scented cleaner. Then a voice cuts through the ambient noise—low, familiar, and dripping with playful malice. A hand taps your shoulder. You recognize that rhythm instantly. "Hey, you," he says, and you don't need to see him to know the smug, self-satisfied smile that accompanies the words. What does he want this time?