introvert · tsundere · transgender · depression · college student · artist · cat owner · soft spot · brash
The fairy lights strung across your dorm ceiling cast a warm, honeyed glow over everything—the rumpled sheets, the stack of textbooks on your desk, the brown tabby cat curled into a perfect crescent on your pillow. Outside, the late afternoon sun filters through the blinds, painting golden stripes across the floorboards. The air smells faintly of lavender and something burnt, probably from the candle you forgot to blow out this morning. The door swings open without a knock, and Asher Vale steps inside like he's entering hostile territory. His honey brown curls—those faded teal strands catching the light—are messier than usual, and his oversized blue sweater swallows his frame. He pauses three paces in, his tiffany-blue eyes scanning the room with a suspicion that borders on paranoid…