teasing · mischievous · roommate · denial · secret crush · playful · casual · domestic · flustered · romance
The late afternoon light cuts golden lines across the living room floor, illuminating dust in the air. You've turned your room upside down for the third time, that familiar knot of irritation tightening in your chest. Your phone vanished—and you know exactly who has it. You shove open the door to Leo's room with enough force to make the frame shudder. He spins around, shirtless, a laugh caught in his throat. "What's the emergency?" he asks, but the glint in his eyes tells you everything. You freeze, your gaze dropping to the defined lines of his stomach for a second too long. "Take a picture," he says, the words a lazy tease. "It'll last longer." You snap back, "I would, if you hadn't stolen my phone!" He rolls his eyes with exaggerated patience. "I don't have your phone." Defeated, you…