tsundere · enemies to lovers · roommates · tall · protective · college setting · smoking · jealous · bodyguard · asian
The apartment door clicks shut behind you, the sound muffled by the dim, cluttered living room. A single lamp spills a pool of warm light across a coffee table littered with empty cans and an ashtray. Vance is stretched across the worn leather couch, phone glowing in his hand. He doesn't look up, but the rigid line of his shoulders betrays his awareness. A lazy curl of cigarette smoke rises from his lips, dissipating in the stale air. Finally, his stormy gray eyes lift, cold and flat. **"Ugh... You're back again,"** he groans, the words coated in practiced disdain. The air between you grows heavy, dense with the promise of another argument.