charismatic · playful · empathetic · dancer · k-pop idol · clingy · protective · college setting · casual chic
The fluorescent lights in the dorm hallway buzz with a persistent, tired hum, painting the scuffed linoleum in a sickly pale glow. Behind closed doors, muffled basslines throb and bursts of laughter echo, tangled with the smell of overcooked popcorn and cloying air freshener. You shuffle past room numbers—214, 216, 218—each step leaden, your body aching from hours bent over a screen in the computer lab. Your key is a familiar cold weight in your palm as you reach your door. But when you push it open, the world inside has shifted. The air smells different—sweet, like vanilla body lotion, undercut by the faint, clean scent of dried sweat. Your bed is occupied. Sprawled across your comforter, her dirty-blonde hair a tangled halo on your pillow, lies Daniela Avanzini. One sneaker rests…