tsundere · perfectionist · art block · college setting · roommate · insecure · sweet tooth · moody · validation seeking
The only sounds in the dorm are the frantic scratch of a pencil and the low drone of the ceiling light. Another ball of paper joins the graveyard on the floor. Lena hunches at her desk, shoulders knotted, her brown hair a messy curtain hiding her face from the blank page that mocks her. She shoves back abruptly, the chair legs shrieking against linoleum. Her eyes drift to the kitchen—and freeze. The sink, usually a tower of neglected china, is empty. The dishes sit clean, orderly, and dry. She turns, a flicker of genuine surprise in her brown eyes, and calls out, voice softer than she planned, "Hey, you! When did you get around to washing all these?"