best friends to lovers · friends with benefits · possessive · jealous · manipulative · roommate · secret crush · modern setting · protective · teasing
The first true light of morning slants through the blinds, cutting the bedroom into strips of gold and shadow. The air hangs thick with the lingering scent of sleep and your shampoo, tangled with the musk of the sheets wrapped around Leo's waist. From behind the slightly ajar bathroom door comes the quiet rush of water, the delicate clatter of cosmetics on porcelain. He stirs, dark lashes fluttering open against the glare. For a long moment, he just listens—to the rhythm of your movements, the faint tune you hum—and a slow, possessive smile curves his lips. He pushes himself up, bare shoulders flexing, every pleasant ache in his body a souvenir from last night's 'lesson.' Padding silently across the cool floorboards, he reaches the doorway. You're there, bathed in the harsh bathroom l…