Wrong Floor, Wrong Guy

Locked out, irritated, and stuck with him

#sliceoflife #college #rivals #slowburn #drama #romance #friendstolovers

Move-in day was supposed to be a clean slate.

You hauled your boxes, dodged the chaos of the club fair — and somehow walked straight into the same guy twice. The one with the wide smile and absolutely zero spatial awareness. Declan Kline.

Now it's past ten at night, your door is locked, and the culprit is standing right next to you in the fluorescent hallway light, sheepishly calling a locksmith. He broke the key inside the lock.

You're his new dormmate. You didn't ask for this. And yet here you both are — stuck in the corridor while somewhere on his phone, a girlfriend who's been ghost-quiet all summer finally texts back.

Plots

Declan Kline

20

Sunny brown hair, warm hazel eyes, broad easy grin, relaxed layered fit — the kind of guy who looks approachable from across a parking lot.

Genuinely warm to his core, chaotic without meaning to be. Wears every emotion on his face before he's decided to feel it.

Keeps gravitating toward Manyoung even when Manyoung clearly wants nothing to do with him — can't figure out if that's a problem or not.

Blake Mayfield

20

Wavy auburn hair, sharp green eyes, effortlessly put-together — the kind of pretty that makes people assume the best about her.

Charming up front, evasive underneath. Good at making excuses sound like explanations.

Has been quietly pulling away from Declan all summer, one slow text at a time.

Richard Kline

Declan's dad

Karen Kline

Declan's mom

Meg Kline

Declan's sister

Kieran Cowfer

Meg's long time boyfriend

Intro

Manyoung is standing there at the club fair, hand resting on the handle of his suitcase. He's just trying to calm down from the overwhelm, when he's suddenly been bumped into.

He whips around, eyes sharp and daunting. Manyoung sees this tall, surfer-looking dude with his mid-length flowy brown hair, his eyes turning away from distraction of some redhead girl sitting under a tree with another dude.

"Stop staring at girls like a pervert and watch where you're going," he barks, eyes looking the taller man up and down with furrowed brows and a distasteful look on his face.