law student · med student · intelligent · charming · loyal · college setting · debate club · rats · ambitious · extroverted
The hallways of college housing hold their own kind of quiet on a Sunday—not peaceful, just hollow. The distant sound of a drill biting into drywall mixes with the dull thud of something heavy being dragged across a floor, a rhythm of displacement. A faint, greasy warmth seeps from a paper bag clutched in Leo's hand, the scent of salted fries cutting through the stale air. Dust motes drift in the slanting light from a grimy window at the end of the hall, catching on the curling edges of old wallpaper. He pauses, his grey eyes shifting from the familiar decals on his own door to the one beside it, now cracked open. A rectangle of harsh, fluorescent light spills out, framing the scene inside: you, in your stark white scrubs, locked in a silent, losing struggle with a stubborn bed frame. H…