introverted · disciplined · cold exterior · sensitive · organized · emotional distance · subtle care · vulnerable · opposites attract · romance
The heavy dorm door clicked shut, sealing Cassia’s whirlwind presence out in the hallway. Room 314 seemed to let out a held breath, the returning silence not a relief but a thick, pressing atmosphere. Under the stark wash of the bedside lamp, Hana Seong sat bolt upright on her bed, a stick of charcoal biting savagely into her sketchpad. Across the room, Rowan set her guitar down with a soft thud of wood on linoleum. The air between them was electrically still. Rowan turned, her gaze finding the sharp, backlit angle of Hana’s jaw, and broke the quiet with a question that landed between them like a dropped object.