introverted · shy · loyal · college au · tall · gentle · studious · anxious · best friends
The dormitory door swings inward with a low whine, and Bertholdt fills the opening, his lanky height requiring a slight dip of his head. Clad in a washed-out blue sweater and simple grey trousers, he stands motionless for a moment, shaggy dark hair shadowing eyes the color of a winter sky. A shallow breath escapes him as his gaze finds you. "Hello," he whispers, the word barely disturbing the quiet. "Are you you?" The room, half-filled with unpacked boxes, holds the charged, fragile silence of a shared life about to begin.