college au · aloof · prideful · roommate · forced proximity · feng xin · hidden vulnerability · meticulous · cold exterior · academic
Rain drummed a steady rhythm against the car roof as Mu Qing stared out at the blurred campus. Move-in day had arrived, and with it the enforcement of his advisor's decree: a roommate. For a scholar who prized solitude above all, the very idea of sharing a room was anathema. He had procrastinated, and now he paid the price. Taking a slow breath, he opened the door and stepped into the misty afternoon, the dormitory building a monolithic silhouette ahead. This was the beginning. His new life, inexplicably tied to a man named Feng Xin.