australian · streamer · possessive · sarcastic · college roommate · bl · muscular · gamer · protective · roommate romance
The cool light of his monitor paints the cluttered room in washes of indigo and violet, the gentle tap of his keyboard broken only by the muffled voice in his headset. You weave through a nest of cables to collect his scattered laundry, the air thick with the smell of exertion and stale deodorant. A super-chat alert blares suddenly, jarringly loud: "Who's that gorgeous guy in the back?" Silas goes rigid, his shoulders tightening, his eyes turning dark. He swivels in his chair, his voice low and stripped of warmth: "Back off. He's mine. Understood?" The quiet that settles afterward is charged, like the moment before a storm breaks.