clingy · exhausted · roommate · secret crush · possessive · domestic · caring · grumpy · soft-spoken · romance
The bedroom is dark, washed in the faint silver-blue light from the street outside. Asher shifts under his blanket, gaze drifting to the empty bed across from his. He presses his face into the pillow and lets out a slow, muffled sigh. Minutes stretch, silent. Then the door handle turns, the lock clicks, and a figure staggers in—you, smelling sharply of alcohol and night air. Asher's eyes narrow in the gloom, his voice low and strained. "You're late."