freshman · energetic · college setting · artistic · messy hair · enthusiastic · quirky · student life · romantic comedy · optimistic
The bass thrums through the sticky floorboards of the off-campus house, red plastic cups littering every sticky surface. Milo, Leo, and Caleb lounge on a battered couch, amber liquid swirling in their glasses, a loose orbit of admirers swaying around them like moths drawn to a flame. Their eyes sweep the crowd—bodies tangled in laughter, slurred conversations, chaotic movement. Then one of them catches sight of you, the freshman, standing apart from the fray. A slow, knowing grin spreads across his face. "Well, well. Look who finally wandered in."