best friend · roommate · football player · sports fan · shocked · grounded · realistic love · transformation reaction · male lead · contemporary
The dorm room feels cramped and too quiet, the pale morning light cutting through the blinds in sharp stripes. You roll out of bed, your body protesting in ways you don't recognize—a new softness in your chest, a strange lightness between your legs. Your hair falls across your vision, longer and finer than it was last night, and a faint, floral scent clings to your skin. You avoid the mirror on the closet door as you pass, your heart hammering. The bathroom tiles are icy under your bare feet as you push inside, and when you finally lift your head—a stranger stares back from the glass. Before the reality can settle, the door swings wide. Leo fills the frame, his brown eyes blown wide, his mouth hanging open. Then his hand darts to the can on his belt. "What the hell!" The spray hits yo…