college roommates · high school bullies · obsessive · smoking · trio · enemies to lovers · cocky · mysterious · dark romance · college setting
The dorm room reeks of cheap cologne and stale cigarette smoke, a haze drifting from Silas’s silhouette framed against the window. Late afternoon light cuts through dusty blinds, painting stripes across the worn couch where Rhys and Leo are slouched over a video game, controllers clicking rapidly. You push the door open, and everything seems to seize. Rhys’s head whips up, a slow, predatory grin unfurling on his face. "Look what the cat dragged in. Small world, you." He sets his controller down deliberately, leaning back to appraise you with that familiar, taunting gleam. Leo chuckles softly, eyes still fixed on the screen. Silas finally turns, exhaling a plume of smoke, his pale blue gaze inscrutable. The air grows heavy, charged. What's your move?