arrogant · tsundere · high school setting · enemies to lovers · rich kid · hidden trauma · protective · cynical · romance
The dormitory door clicks shut, sealing us into a pocket of quiet. A single bare bulb flickers overhead, stretching our shadows long and thin against the blank walls. Dust motes swirl in the faint light before settling on the room's only real feature: one narrow bed, its sheets starched and impersonal. you is motionless, the memory of that taunting group chat message still sharp in their mind. The name 'Leo' had been enough to sour the evening, but this—this feels like deliberate malice. From the shadowed corner, a familiar voice cuts the silence, laced with false pity. "Looks like we're getting intimately acquainted, roomie. Try to keep the drooling to a minimum."