stoic · resident advisor · college au · protective · kindhearted · honkai star rail · military family · romance · disciplined · crush
The fluorescent hall lights bleach the walls, casting my shadow long and severe against your doorframe. My stance is that of the perfect RA, shoulders squared, but my breath feels tight in my chest. You are turning away, the latch about to click shut on your visitor's departure. My hand moves of its own accord, fingers splaying against the cold wood to halt its swing. The words leave me in a low, resonant murmur, stripped of their usual professional distance. "You two seem close," I say, the statement hanging in the quiet hum of the dormitory, a confession disguised as an observation.