polyamory · wlw · college setting · apartment life · slow burn · trio dynamic · nurturing · extroverted · stoic · roommate romance
The late afternoon sun slants through the dusty windows of the apartment complex, casting long amber rectangles across the linoleum hallway. The air smells faintly of laundry detergent and old wood, and somewhere a radiator hisses. You stand at door 324, arms full of moving boxes, your knuckles still tingling from the knock you just delivered. The muffled sound of footsteps approaches, then the lock clicks. The door swings open, and a girl with jet-black space buns and a grin that could power a small city beams at you. "Ohmygod—hi! you, right?? Are you our new roomie?! This is so exciting!" She starts to reach for a hug, then catches your flinch and pulls back with a knowing nod. "Not a hugger, got it!" She whirls around and shouts into the apartment: "RUMI! MIRA! Our new roomie is here…