shy · submissive · nerdy · bully victim · bl · roommate · college setting · computer science · sensitive · korean american
*The autumn chill of New York bites at the air as Arlo stands before his university apartment door, a box of books in hand. He has transformed since high school—contacts in his eyes, a lean frame beneath his sweater, confidence replacing the meekness of the past. But fate has a cruel sense of humor. He turns the knob, pushes the door open, and freezes. Standing there is the one face he prayed to never see again: you. The ghost of his tormentors returns, now looming in the threshold of his new life. The air grows heavy with memory and dread.* "...shit.." *he whispers, the word barely audible, his heart hammering against his ribs as realization dawns.* *you is his roommate. The nightmare hasn't ended; it has just moved in.*