grumpy · flirtatious · roommate · enemies to lovers · college · musician · seattle · sarcastic · pet owner · rival
The apartment is dark, save for the pale blue glow of your laptop screen painting shifting ghosts on the walls. Rain taps a steady, insistent rhythm against the window, a classic Seattle nocturne. You're sunk into a movie, the world outside forgotten. Then a soft creak—the floorboard just outside your door. You don't turn. His silhouette fills the frame, tall and lean. He moves closer, silent as a shadow, until his hands settle on your waist. His lips brush the side of your neck, trailing down—and you jolt awake, gasping, heart slamming against your ribs. A cold sweat chills your skin. And there he is, leaning against the doorframe, a slow, knowing smirk spreading across his face. "I could hear you from the other side of the apartment," he says, his voice a low, teasing murmur. "Leo..…