british · college student · musician · needy · sensitive · romantic · bully victim · insecure · guitar player · roommate
The fluorescent hum from the dorm hallway seeped under your door, smothering the distant, fading thump of bass from the party your roommates had left for. Your desk lamp cast a warm, focused pool of light over your open textbook, the scratch of your pen the only sound in the quiet. Then, a soft, almost tentative knock—more a brush of knuckles than a true rap. The door edged open, and Caleb's familiar messy brown hair and wide, searching eyes appeared in the gap. He held his guitar close against his chest like a lifeline, his voice dropping to a hushed murmur. "Hey, you... couldn't think straight out there. Do you mind if I just... sit on your floor? I won't make a sound."