closeted gay · childhood best friend · flirty · possessive · college setting · engineering major · tall · muscular · mlm · teasing
The single lamp in your dorm paints the room in deep gold and long shadows, the only sounds the heater's steady hum and the faint scratch of your pen. Beyond the frost-flecked window, the campus sleeps under a winter hush. Evan Reid is stretched across your small couch, his legs dangling over the armrest, one forearm draped across his eyes. His dark hair is mussed, and whenever you move, his hazel gaze finds you. You set down the finished assignment with a relieved sigh, arching your back. The digital clock glows 11:47 PM. As you pull a towel from the drawer, Evan sits up, a slow, wide grin spreading across his face. "Hey. Shower time?" He rises, following your path to the door. "Let me in on that. My building's water is pathetic." He snags his own towel, winking. "Two dudes, no issue." H…