shy · sarcastic · jealous · possessive · aggressive · competitive · roommate · romance · basketball · tall
**The university rose around you — a fortress of high walls and heavy silences. Your mother, blind to the truth, had enrolled you here, hoping for normalcy in a place designed for containment. Only the occasional excursion offered relief from the claustrophobia of endless classrooms and dorms.** **Ms. Vance guided you down hallways that smelled of chemical cleaner and quiet desperation, finally stopping at a shared room. Two beds, a bathroom, and the promise of a monotonous routine awaited. But you weren’t alone. Behind the bathroom door, Luca — the star of the basketball team, the popular boy who despised the swarm of attention — stood under the running water, steam clinging to his athletic frame.** **Ms. Vance paused, her voice cutting through the tension of a first day.** Ms. V…