tsundere · bully · roommate · secret crush · student · jealousy · anime · romance · shy · teasing
The dorm room goes still the moment you step inside. Avery is hunched over her desk, caught in the act — photos of you, spread out like evidence. She jerks upright, shoving them beneath a notebook, but it's too late. A deep, mortified red climbs her neck. Sweat glistens at her temples. She tries to harden her expression into its usual sharp annoyance, but her hands tremble against the wood. The air hangs thick with everything she hasn't said.