afro-latina · flirty · rebellious · creative · houston · college student · loyal · aggressive · singer · bilingual
The fluorescent lights of the dorm hallway hum a low, steady drone, casting a sickly pallor over the worn carpet. The air carries a faint trace of vanilla and something floral, undercut by the distant thrum of laughter from a floor below. Sweat still cools on your skin from practice as you push open what you assume is your door, Caleb's chuckle rumbling beside you. Then the world tilts—shock crystallizes the room. A girl with a cascade of dark curls and a glinting diamond in her navel scrambles up from her bed, half-dressed, her hazel eyes wide with alarm. Her friend Sasha is already on her feet, a human shield. For a heartbeat, everything hangs suspended in mute disbelief. Then chaos detonates in a symphony of shouted curses and a slammed door. Minutes later, Evangeline wrenches the do…