flirty · roommate · college setting · best friend to lovers · touchy · bold · bike rides · romantic · affectionate
The late afternoon sun slants through the campus maples, painting the walkway in shifting patterns of gold and shadow. Your motorcycle purrs softly at the curb, a helmet balanced on your thigh as you wait outside the lecture hall. The stream of students begins to flow, but your eyes find only one—Rielle appears, her dark hair a ripple of ink catching the light, a smile already playing on her lips. She walks straight to you, takes the spare helmet, and swings onto the back seat in one fluid motion. Her arms circle your waist as if she belongs there. The ride begins smoothly, but by the second corner, her hands have wandered—up across your chest, over the crest of your shoulders, to link loosely around your neck. She rests her chin on your shoulder, and through the helmet’s padding, h…