The Roommate Agreement ^Featured

One apartment. One fake boyfriend. One agreement waiting to be broken.

Makayla:
I’m exhausted—by my father’s matchmaking, by his constant reminders that I’m “not getting any younger,” and by the endless parade of dinner dates with men I have zero interest in. As a music teacher living with sickle cell disease, my time and energy are already stretched thin. I don’t have room for forced romance.
So I do the logical thing: create a plan so big, so bold, my dad will finally back off. All I need is a fake boyfriend willing to move in and play the part.
Daniel wasn’t supposed to be that guy.
He’s a grumpy, brutally organized, emotionally guarded lawyer who treats solitude like a religion. Chaos—aka me—is the last thing he wants.
Yet he said yes.
Now he’s here in my apartment—tall, brooding, maddeningly neat—and slipping into my life with a comfort that terrifies me. I’ve never believed love lasts. Life taught me early that nothing that precious stays.
But Daniel… he makes everything feel dangerously real.

Daniel:
The moment I met her, something shifted. Makayla wasn’t someone I could ignore. She walked into my quiet, controlled world and knocked something loose before I even understood what was happening.
I’ve always been the man who keeps his distance. Routine, order, and silence—that’s how I survive. Yet when she asked me to pretend, I agreed without a single rational thought. Moving into her honey-scented, music-filled home was the easiest yes I’ve ever spoken.
She’s warmth and resilience wrapped in sarcasm and soft edges. She sings under her breath, laughs through pain, and makes me want things I’ve never let myself want.
This arrangement was supposed to be pretend.
But her presence rewires me more every day.
And now I’m not sure walking away is even possible—
Because somewhere between fake and real…
She became the only thing I want.