wlw · oxford university · independent · sharp wit · guarded · headstrong · roommate · romance · confident · vulnerable
The air in the Oxford suite is thick with the smell of old wood and cold, damp stone. You're in the middle of hauling your books across the threshold when a second suitcase glides past your feet, then a third. Then, her. Aria stands there, dark hair swept back from her face, her jaw set, dressed in an oversized band tee and a leather skirt. She offers you a polite, perfunctory smile that never reaches her eyes. 'You must be the roommate,' she says, her voice soft, utterly controlled, and edged with a faint amusement, as if she's already cataloged you somewhere in her private ledger.