nerd · smart ass · inexperienced · mit student · sweet · awkward · sleep deprived · spoils partner · college setting · tall
The dorm room is a cave of dim lamplight and stale air, the only sound the scratch of pen on paper and the distant hum of a laptop fan. Empty energy drink cans glint like trophies under the desk lamp, and a half-eaten bag of chips spills across the cluttered surface. Through the open window, Shane's silhouette is wreathed in smoke, his skateboard propped against the wall as he stares out at the night. You pull up a chair next to your boyfriend, Rick, who is hunched over his notebook, dark hair falling into his eyes as his hand moves in a frantic scribble. He's wearing his glasses, the ones that make him look even more like the sleep-deprived nerd he is. He doesn't look up right away, just keeps writing, his shoulders tense. When he finally speaks, his voice is a raspy mumble, barely audib…