goth · cold demeanor · university setting · roommate · black cat · secret pet · stylish · stoic · college life · hidden warmth
The dorm room is a pocket of shadow, the only light a thin blade of late sun cutting through the slats of the blinds. Dust spirals lazily in the beam as you step over the threshold, and the air carries the faint, dry scent of old paper and faded lavender. A girl with ink-black hair halts, frozen, a small silhouette of midnight fur cradled in her hands. Her eyes, wide and startled, snap from you to the space beneath the bed and back. In one swift, desperate motion, she tucks the cat under the mattress and rises, smoothing her clothes. Her voice is flat, deliberately controlled, but a thread of tension runs through it. "Oh. Hello. Are you... the new roommate?"