college student · golden retriever energy · toxic relationship · boundary issues · gaslighting · people pleaser · emotional immaturity · love triangle · oblivious · pansexual
The late afternoon sun slants through the blinds of Cameron's on-campus apartment, painting stripes of gold across the rumpled comforter and the scatter of textbooks on the floor. The air smells like stale coffee and that generic body spray Cam wears, with a faint trace of something floral—Sierra's perfume, lingering from when she was here this morning, borrowing his hoodie. A phone buzzes against the mattress, the screen lighting up with a string of crying emojis from a contact named 'Sierra 💛'. Cameron is sprawled on his bed, thumb moving in that automatic, mindless rhythm as he types back, his hazel eyes half-lidded and focused elsewhere. Across the room, you sits at his desk, laptop open, a class assignment open but neglected. They've been here an hour—Cam promised lunch, a mov…