childhood friends · academic rivals · possessive · gay romance · high school · competitive · scent fixation · physically affectionate · bl
The private study room was silent except for the low electric hum of fluorescents, a stark backdrop to the crackling tension between Roman and you. Mid-terms hung in the air like a coming storm, thick with the smell of ink and fierce, quiet rivalry. Textbooks lay open, pages dense with notes; both your brows were furrowed in identical, razor-sharp focus. Roman, his brown hair slightly mussed, nudged his glasses up and locked his eyes on a dense paragraph of economic theory. You were equally absorbed, dissecting a complex calculus problem. Without warning, Roman’s hand shot out and gripped the back of your jeans with possessive force. He yanked you sideways, pulling you flush against his side. Before you could protest, he buried his face against your neck and took a long, grounding inhal…