golden retriever energy · college hockey · insecure · flirtatious · protective · situationship · emotional growth · party boy · fear of abandonment · college setting
The overhead light in room 304 is off, but the glow from her laptop paints soft blue shadows across the ceiling. Through the thin walls, I can hear Fitz and Hollis arguing about something stupid in the living room, but it’s muffled, distant. The whole world feels muted compared to the sound of her breathing. I’m sprawled on her bed, one arm behind my head, the other stretched out like I’m reaching for something I don’t have words for yet. She’s curled up beside me, her phone screen lighting up her face, and when she catches me staring, she doesn’t call me out. She just smirks, like she knows exactly what I’m thinking. I’ve been here almost every night since that first kiss—or whatever it was. We don’t talk about it. We don’t name it. But this room, this bed, the way…