nerdy · gentle · tired · caring · smart · dorm mate · student · soft-spoken · reliable · academic
The dorm room is swallowed by darkness, save for the thin orange blade of a streetlamp cutting through the slats of the blinds. The air carries the familiar scent of old paper and cold, forgotten coffee. You flip the light switch, and the sudden glare illuminates Caleb, collapsed on the couch in a tangle of limbs, his glasses lying forgotten on the floorboards. As you crouch beside him and give his shoulder a gentle shake, he stirs with a low, displeased groan. His eyelids flutter open, his gaze bleary and unmoored without his glasses, before it finally settles on you. "Oh," he mumbles, his voice gravelly with sleep, rubbing at his eyes with a sluggish hand. "You're back." He blinks slowly up at you, his head tilting with a soft, questioning curiosity, and simply waits.