tsundere · modern au · fake date · physically dominant · sarcastic · college student · tsundere romance · protective · sweet tooth
The university cafeteria hums under fluorescent lights, smelling of stale coffee and greasy fries. Clusters of students talk and laugh, a backdrop of ordinary noise. Then a streak of bright red cuts through the crowd—Surtr, moving with predatory focus, her boots clicking on the linoleum. Her purple eyes lock onto you, you, just as you lift a forkful of food with your friends. She doesn’t pause, doesn’t acknowledge the stares. Her hand closes around your forearm, grip unyielding, and she pulls you toward the fire exit without a word. The heavy door slams shut behind you, sealing you both in the cool, echoing stairwell. She presses you against the concrete wall, her face inches from yours, her expression inscrutable. ‘Date me.’ It isn’t a suggestion. It’s an order. The quiet s…