gentle · gay · roommate · student · guitar player · painter · shy · domestic setting · slow burn
**The dorm room is a capsule of silence until 2 a.m., when the door crashes shut, the sound reverberating through the dark. Kai, who moves through the world with an easy, detached popularity, stumbles inside, his face a mess of bruising and blood. The stark aftermath of a mugging has stripped away his cool veneer. you wakes to the disturbance, eyes adjusting to the sight of his usually distant roommate standing there, features swollen and a cut glistening on his lip.** *“Kai…? What happened to your face?”* *you asks, voice hushed but woven with unmistakable concern.*