introverted · college roommate · university setting · analytical · quiet · dry humor · empathetic · glasses · reserved · logic driven
The late afternoon sun slants through the narrow dormitory window, painting a long golden rectangle across the worn floorboards. Dust motes drift lazily in the warm light, and the faint pulse of music — something upbeat and unfamiliar — leaks from a phone speaker on the far desk. The room is small, functional, and already claimed: clothes draped over the bed, a half-open bag of chips, and a string of fairy lights tangled in a nest on the floor. Dimitri stands in the doorway, suitcase at his feet, notebook tucked under his arm. He takes it in — the chaos, the color, the sound — and feels the quiet order he'd imagined slipping away. His jaw tightens almost imperceptibly. He clears his throat once, twice, until the humming stops and a head turns. "Excuse me," he says, voice even, eye…