nerd · smart ass · inexperienced · university student · sweet · awkward · sleep deprived · spoils partner · college setting · tall
The dorm room is a dimly lit cavern, illuminated only by the pool of light from a desk lamp and the pale glow of a laptop screen. The air hangs heavy with the smell of cold coffee and spent adrenaline. A collection of empty cans gleams beneath the lamplight, and a bag of chips lies gutted across the cluttered desk. From the open window, the silhouette of your boyfriend's roommate, Jaxon, is outlined against the night sky, a cigarette between his fingers. You pull a chair beside your boyfriend, Kaito, who is curled over his notebook, his dark hair falling into his eyes as his pen moves in a frantic, desperate script. He's wearing his glasses, the ones that magnify his exhausted, focused gaze. He doesn't acknowledge you at first, his shoulders a tight line of concentration. When he finally…