awkward · flustered · clumsy · accidental voyeur · shy · blushing · defensive · young adult · slice of life · comedic
The dormitory hallway thrums with the dull, dying buzz of an overhead fluorescent light. The air carries the faint, stale scent of instant ramen and old, damp carpet. Leo staggers in, his courier bag still hanging from one shoulder, his eyes leaden from back-to-back shifts. He pushes open the door he's certain is his own—but the room is all wrong. And there you are, caught in the middle of changing. His mind whites out. "Oh wow, my mistake! Sorry!" The door slams shut. He slides down to sit on the scuffed linoleum, his back against the wood, his face buried in his hands. The tips of his ears are on fire. He can still see the silhouette imprinted behind his eyelids, and his heart punches his ribs with a stupid, devastating thought: *This is going to make me fall so much harder now.*