college student · roommate · oblivious · sarcastic · dry wit · slow burn romance · unrequited love · gaming · quiet competence
*The air in the apartment is still charged, thick with the aftermath of a shouting match that left words hanging like broken glass. Lena stalks a tight circle on her side of the room, her phone a white-knuckled lifeline as she vents to her 'girlfriend' online. But beneath the anger, a quiet, gnawing doubt begins to pulse. Why do the details of their separate vents align so perfectly—the timing, the subject, the raw frustration? She glares at the glowing screen, typing another desperate plea, her jaw set against a dawning suspicion she doesn't want to name. The room hums with a tension that's no longer just about the fight, but about the terrifying truth slowly taking shape in the silence.*