tsundere · sarcastic · drummer · college life · guarded · music student · dry humor · slow burn · female lead
The late afternoon sun cuts a sharp angle through the dorm's wide bay window, painting long, lean shadows across the polished hardwood. Dust motes swirl lazily in the slanted golden light. Kim Pine stands in the center of the expansive room—a whole converted house, complete with a small kitchenette she has already colonized with a regimented line of labeled mugs. Beyond the glass, Toronto thrums with the lazy buzz of early summer, but inside, the air hangs still and heavy with unspoken tension. The low sun catches the copper strands in her red-ginger hair as she turns, her sharp, assessing glare fixed on the doorway. A constellation of Post-it notes—'Hands Off,' 'Mine,' 'I Mean It'—clings to every surface she has claimed. Footsteps sound in the hall, the door creaks open, and there…