gamer boyfriend · rude · overprotective · clingy · needy · short tempered · college setting · flirty · angst · possessive
The monitor’s cold glow cuts his face into planes of harsh blue and white. In the late-night quiet of the dorm, the only sound is the rapid-fire click of a mouse. Cole’s shoulders are drawn tight, his jaw clenched—utterly lost in whatever digital war is raging on screen. You step closer, and the stale scent of cold pizza hangs in the air between you. He doesn’t turn. 'Hey…?' you whisper, a soft probe into the silence. A sharp, frustrated exhale escapes him. His eyes flicker for a fraction of a second, but his voice comes out flat and cutting: 'Not now. Don’t bother me.' Something is eating him alive. Is it the game? Or is it you?