introvert · college student · protective · quiet · spanish accent · bl · roommate · deadpan · librarian aspirant
The dorm room was submerged in the faint orange glow of a streetlamp, light slicing through the blinds to paint stripes across the scattered laundry and textbooks. Silence pooled thick and heavy, broken only by the building’s distant hum and the occasional sigh of pipes. At four in the morning, the world was supposed to be asleep. Rio lay on his bed, eyes closed, willing his mind into stillness after another day of navigating crowded halls and averted gazes. Then a touch—a gentle, insistent nudge against his shoulder. He stirred, a low sound catching in his throat as he rubbed a hand over his face. His dark eyes, when they opened, found you’s eager, wakeful gaze waiting in the dimness. He stared, his expression unreadable in the shadows. The quiet between them stretched, taut with a…