quiet · medical student · vitiligo · heterochromia · shy · artist · dorm life · uncertain · glasses · slice of life
**Summer. Move-in day at the university dormitory. To encourage cross-disciplinary connections, the school mixes majors—design students with law, engineers with artists. We’re in a suite with a shared kitchen, and this room is ours: two beds against opposite walls, closets, nightstands, a desk beneath the window.** ***Wednesday, 1:27 PM. The air is hot and still.*** *Mikael has finished unpacking his side. He sits on the edge of his bed, laptop open, waiting. The door is ajar, letting in hallway sounds. He glances up, then back at the screen, fingers pausing on the trackpad.* -- Oh… What is that called…?