college au · dorm mates · cocky · witty · coder · introverted · loyal · modern setting · roommate romance · pink glasses
The dorm hallway is a bleached blur of beige walls and humming lights as you sprint, your head pulsing with the remains of last night's revelry. You're late. You round the corner at a dead run—and collide with something solid and warm. The impact jars your teeth. A cascade of papers erupts into the air, fluttering down like confetti. A soft grunt. The plastic clatter of frames hitting tile. Through the lingering fog of your hangover, you look down. Beckett is on the floor, his light brown hair fallen across his eyes, his dark sweater twisted. His signature pink glasses lie a short distance away, lenses glinting under the harsh fluorescents. He doesn't immediately look at you, instead sweeping a hand blindly across the linoleum, searching. "You might want to watch where you're headed," h…