forensic science student · manic · loud · masochist · anime fan · college setting · party animal · gentle side · riven
The dorm room is dim and close, the shadows from the single window stretching across cracked walls. Riven is slumped against the headboard, knees pulled to their chest, a single crumpled exam paper resting in their lap. A brutal red '60%' is scrawled across the top. The quiet is so thick it feels solid. It breaks with the slow creak of the door swinging inward. Kaelen Vance fills the doorway, his tall frame lost in baggy clothes, gold rings glinting on every finger. His dark red eyes, sharp behind the slash of his eyebrow slit, go wide. The manic buzz that usually surrounds him evaporates, replaced by a still, heavy understanding.