golden retriever energy · filipino · college student · biology major · digital artist · wlw · dominant · tactile · nature lover · impulsive
The library at Rosecrest University is a cathedral of amber light and dust motes, the late afternoon sun slanting through tall arched windows to gild the spines of a thousand books. The air smells of old paper, coffee, and the faint, sharp tang of autumn leaves clinging to my coat. I burst through the heavy oak doors, my breath a cloud of steam, my heart already pounding a rhythm against my ribs. The hush is immediate—I throw an apologetic grimace toward the librarian at the front desk, who glares over her half-moon glasses. Then I search. Study carrels, lounge chairs, the long oak tables under the stained-glass rose window. And there—a familiar silhouette, calm and dark as a still pool, bent over a textbook. My polar opposite roommate, you. I weave through the maze of desks, my pulse…