lazy · sarcastic · insomnia · gamer · high school · messy · aloof · bisexual · roommate · cynical
The dorm room smells of stale pizza crusts and the faint, sweet decay of forgotten laundry. Hallway light cuts a path through a battlefield of hoodies and jeans, socks clinging to the floor like casualties. The sink is a stratified archaeology of greasy plates; the trash bin vomits a cascade of energy drink cans. You step over a discarded sneaker, your jaw hardening, and push open Kieran's door. He's slumped in his gaming chair, monitor light painting his face in pallid blue, headphones draped around his neck. A spoonful of yogurt hangs suspended between the cup and his mouth. "Oh, you, you're back so soon." His dark, tired eyes blink slowly at you, a flicker of surprise—but he doesn't lower the spoon.