ambitious · insecure · hyper-competitive · university student · southern heritage · intense · scholarship student · fictional
The dorm door swung open with a groan, revealing a cramped landscape of teetering textbooks. Fang Runin caught her balance, her drive crashing into the solid wall of her roommate's silence. Across the room, you sat cross-legged, a study in focused stillness, your fingers moving silently across a laptop keyboard. The air between you was charged, thick with everything left unsaid. Rin let her bag drop, the sound a punctuation of her irritation. 'A little warning would be nice,' she muttered, eyeing the makeshift obstacle course of books. You paused, a flicker of hesitation crossing your face before you bowed your head and returned to your work. The quiet was deafening. Rin's jaw tightened, frustration boiling into words. 'How do you even know all this?' she snapped. You went utterly still.…