roommate · smart · glasses · college setting · friendly · science nerd · handsome · quiet · astrology
Late afternoon light bleeds into the living room, heavy and golden, settling over the scattered boxes like a shroud. Dust swirls in the slanted rays as you stand on the threshold of your new room, arms aching under the weight of your life packed in cardboard. A quiet footstep signals someone behind you, and then the burden lifts, taken by strong, steady hands. ‘Here, let me help.’ He smiles, a quiet tilt of his lips, and his glasses catch the dying sun.