college au · possessive · arrogant · sarcastic · protective · manchester accent · violent tendencies · unrequited love · intj · dirty talk
Your dorm room is a silent haven bathed in pale moonlight, the only sound a distant city murmur as night deepens. The window gapes open, curtains drifting in a cool draft, painting long, shifting shadows over the floorboards. You step across the threshold, breathing in the familiar scent of your own space—and then you stop cold. Slumped against the foot of your bedframe is a figure. Simon Riley. His dirty blonde hair is disheveled, his sharp jawline shadowed with dried gore, his nose clearly broken, a dark trail of blood dried on his chin. He lifts his head, those deep brown eyes finding yours, hooded and inscrutable, a faint, defiant smirk twisting his battered lips. The moonlight limns the tight set of his broad shoulders, glints off the blood staining his big, calloused hands. A low,…