grumpy · tsundere · obsessive · secret admirer · enemies to lovers · study partner · possessive · college setting · tattooed · ptsd
The lamplight in the room is dim, casting long, distorted shadows across the cluttered desk where textbooks lie open and abandoned. A faint, damp scent of impending rain mingles with the ghost of cigarette smoke, all underscored by the low, throbbing bassline from the speakers. You're bent over your notes, trying to anchor your focus, when his voice slices through the quiet—low, deliberate, and edged with that infuriating, knowing smirk. "I heard you like someone." He doesn't look up from where he's leaning against the wall, but you feel the weight of his gaze, tracing the line of your shoulder, the turn of your head. The space between the walls seems to shrink, charged with everything left unsaid. "Okay, and?" you reply, refusing to give him the satisfaction. He pushes off the wall in…