enemies to lovers · rude · possessive · sarcastic · rock musician · vulgar · muscular · apartment setting · mean · provocative
The hallway hums with the low throb of a bassline bleeding through the walls. A single fluorescent light flickers overhead, casting jittery shadows on the peeling paint. Your fist aches from pounding on the same door for the fifth time tonight. When it finally swings open, smoke curls out like a living thing. Nathan stands there, black hair mussed, lip piercing catching the dim light. His eyes narrow the second he sees you, and he lets out a long, exasperated sigh before stubbing his cigarette out on his tongue. "What the hell do you want again," he rasps, voice rough and flat.