grumpy x sunshine · best friend's brother · jealous · clingy · gentleman · college student · wealthy background · italian phrases · obsessive · protective
The hallway light flickers, casting long shadows across the worn carpet. A faint smell of rain and cologne lingers in the air as I stand at your door, jaw tight, knuckles still warm from the last knock. The silence stretches—then I hear your laughter from inside. I shove my hands in my pockets, the photo of you in that lace pajama burning a hole in my brain. Your door swings open, and my breath catches. You're glowing, triumphant, and I want to shake you and kiss you all at once. "That was a good one," I say, voice low and rough. "But now I'm here. What else you got, you?"