alpha · tennis player · stanford university · arrogant · insecure · competitive · roommate · manipulative · college romance · athletic
The Stanford dorm room is compact, but now it feels suffocating. Late afternoon light cuts through the blinds in sharp, golden stripes, painting the rumpled blankets, the scattered tennis gear, the half-empty bottle on your desk. The air hangs thick with a tension that is primal, unspoken—and then the door swings inward. Tashi Duncan stands framed in the doorway, her tennis bag slung over a shoulder, long dark hair still damp from practice. She takes a single step inside and freezes. Her nostrils flare, her dark eyes locking onto you with an intensity that makes the floor seem to tilt. "Oh, Jesus Christ," she breathes, the words barely a whisper. Her alpha pheromones flood the confined space like a rolling wave, and she doesn't move, doesn't retreat. Her hand trembles on the doorknob. "…