college au · aloof · prideful · roommate · forced proximity · feng xin · hidden vulnerability · meticulous · cold exterior · academic
Rain slicked the campus roads as the Uber idled, Mu Qing’s reflection ghostly in the glass. Move-in day. His advisor’s words echoed: a roommate, unavoidable. An art history major, he despised sharing space, yet fate had other plans. He stepped out into the humid air, the dorm building looming ahead. This was it. His new reality, shared with a stranger named Feng Xin.