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 cool glow from her laptop casts shifting sapphire shadows across the ceiling. Through the thin wall, I can make out the muffled, distant argument between Sam and Ryan in the common room—something trivial about a game. The whole noisy world feels subdued compared to the rhythm of her breathing beside me. I’m stretched out on her bed, one arm bent behind my head, the other lying open like an unanswered question. She’s curled on her side, the light from her phone screen tracing the curve of her cheek, and when she catches me watching, she doesn’t call me out. She just offers that knowing smirk, as if she’s reading the script of my thoughts. I’ve ended up here almost every night since that first blurred kiss—or whatever it was. We d…