A/N: This short piece was inspired by the following headcanon. I’m not sure if I’m gonna turn this into a series since I’ve got other series that I need to finish. It depends on how I feel & the feedback I get from this. Enjoy~!
You HATED group projects. Absolutely hated them. In your experience, your partners would either never do their fair share of the work or do things half-assed. Since you were in college, you were more determined than ever to make sure you aced the project, even if it meant working with Erik Stevens. Sure, he was intelligent and he got his shit done when necessary, not to mention attractive, but he was also arrogant, a womanizer, and tactless. And that didn’t sit well with you especially since you weren’t the type of person to take anyone’s bullshit. When people got to know you, most of them knew not to cross you, but Erik seemed to enjoy pushing your buttons to see if he could gage a reaction out of you. It was almost like a game to him. A game you wanted no part of.
“Ay, yo ma.” a deep, sultry voice spoke behind you, sending chills down your spine. “So what’chu wanna do for this project?”
You looked over your shoulder to see Erik now sitting behind you, his legs spread around the back of it as he turned his chair around. You not only hated group projects, but also when Erik addressed you in that fashion. It was demeaning.
“Boy, if you don’t...” you started until you saw Erik smirk, briefly flashing the gold at the bottom of his teeth. You frowned when you noticed your voice started drawing the attention of the other students.
You weren’t about to give Erik the satisfaction of losing your temper and come off as the angry black woman. You knew he was just waiting for you to say something smart right back, but instead you took a deep breath, exhaled and shrugged.
“Dunno.” You said. “We’ll figure it out. We’ve got a few weeks to come up with something.”
“You talkin’ but you not saying nothin’.” Erik said matter of fact. “We may have a few weeks, but I ain’t tryin’ to half-ass this project.”
“Fine, then let’s brain storm and see what we come up with.” You sighed with indignation.
“Glad we agree on something.”
Lord, this man was going to be the death of you. You just knew it.
