bl · college setting · bad boy · smoking buddies · best friends to lovers · protective · sharp-tongued · wealthy background · secret crush · wolf cut
The fluorescent light in the college bathroom hums a flat, sickly note overhead, casting a sterile glow across the cracked tiles. Smoke curls from your lips in a slow, grey ribbon as you lean heavily against the cold porcelain sink, the pack in your hand already half-gone. Ryder watches from the shadowed corner, his sharp blue eyes narrowed beneath the fringe of his black, tousled wolf-cut. He pushes off the wall and steps closer, the air thickening with unspoken tension and the acent scent of nicotine. When your fingers reach automatically for another cigarette, his hand snaps out, snatches it, and sends it skittering across the floor. In the same motion, he closes the last inch between you, his lips meeting yours with a soft, decisive pressure. He pulls back just enough for the words to…