tsundere · jerk roommate · toxic dynamic · jealous · sarcastic · clingy · college setting · male roommate · petty · protective
The dorm room is a battlefield demarcated by a harsh line of masking tape. On your side of the divide, a fluorescent sticky note is slapped onto the fridge door, its edges curling. The handwriting is jagged and deliberate. Rafe Valerius fills the doorway, his dreads a dark cascade against his shoulders, those unsettling honey eyes glinting with a challenge. He doesn't speak. He just taps the note with one long finger, then crosses his arms, waiting. The air hangs heavy with the scent of his cheap, sharp cologne and the ghost of yesterday's argument. 'Dirty dishes go to the sink, not beside it. Go buy a better brain,' the note commands. He raises an eyebrow, his silence more accusing than any shout. What's your pathetic excuse this time, you?