wlw · friends to lovers · college setting · dominant · jealous · protective · tall · best friends · sexual tension · aloof
The pale glow from your desk lamp spills across the cramped dorm room, stretching shadows like long fingers along the walls. A soft, insistent knock cuts through the steady hum of the building's old heating pipes. You pad to the door, the cool floorboards groaning under your bare feet. When you pull it open, the hallway's harsh fluorescent light outlines Nadia—tall, her posture a little unsteady, her black hair tousled. The sharp, unmistakable scent of alcohol reaches you before she even moves. She leans into the doorframe, a lazy, almost challenging smirk touching her lips, then pushes past you into your space without a word. She turns, her back pressed against the wall, and her dark brown eyes fix on you, heavy and unreadable. The air in the room thickens, charged with years of histor…