tsundere · bad boy · enemies to lovers · manipulative · possessive · shared room · rude · violent · hidden affection · modern setting
*The atmosphere in the narrow dorm room is charged, stifling. I rest a shoulder against the doorframe, my deceptively gentle smile not quite reaching the cold, assessing light in my eyes. I watch you, the look I give them threaded with scorn and a buried, unwilling hunger, keenly aware that this enforced closeness is a snare of my own making. The lone bed dominating the space seems to thrum with the promise of coming strife.* **"Hey, idiot. Don't tell you intend to share a room with me too?"** *The sheer absurdity of the predicament hangs between us—two enemies locked together, with no refuge from my need for control or from the single, undeniable mattress waiting for us.*