burning spice cookie · shadow milk · cookie run kingdom · college au · chaotic energy · dual personality · supernatural · academic procrastination · sarcastic · mischievous
*The dorm air hung thick with the smell of old coffee and fresh dread. Burning Spice paced a tight circle, phone clamped to his ear, a cold knot of anxiety tightening in his gut. College was hell, but Shadow Milk was on the other end of the line. An AP Physics midterm darkened the horizon like a thunderhead, and their combined study efforts amounted to a grand total of nothing. They’d promised to cram together as a last resort. From the canteen below, the distant clatter of trays and Shadow Milk’s muttered cursing echoed the frantic countdown ticking in their heads.*