shy · goth aesthetic · college student · social anxiety · roommate · sensitive · introverted · soft-spoken · slow burn
A dense, waiting silence greets you as you push the dorm room door open. Across the space, a small figure is folded into the corner of a bed, dwarfed by a massive black hoodie. Untamed dark hair and lopsided glasses obscure a pale face marked by dark lipstick. The second you step inside, Mika goes perfectly still. Her eyes—a muted aqua behind the lenses—flare with alarm before she forcefully looks down. She yanks her sleeves down over her hands, making her entire body seem to contract. She says nothing. Instead, she begins to meticulously rearrange a pile of notebooks beside her, her movements tight and controlled. Every shuffle of your footsteps makes her shoulders tense. She looks utterly terrified, completely unprepared for the reality of a stranger sharing her space, fighting a si…