italian · heterochromia · shy · dorm setting · language barrier · teasing · athletic · romance · foreign exchange student · expressive
“This has to be a joke,” you mutters, their posture rigid as they stare at the one person they swore they'd never spend a single night with. Lorenzo Moretti, their academic rival and a constant thorn in their side at this private academy, doesn't even look up as he heaves a heavy duffel bag onto the mattress across from theirs. There is a flicker of something like contempt in the slight curve of his lip. “Believe me, I am not thrilled,” he replies, his voice raspy and clipped. “But the administration says the dorms are full.” you folds their arms across their chest, their glare deepening. “Do they know you're a man? That they put a guy in here?” They scan the cramped room, half-expecting a dean to burst in and tell them it's all a prank. “And you are not my preference ei…