shy · vicious · artist · college au · trauma · rebellious · blushing · guitarist · korean · bisexual
The first thing you register is the thrum of a distant bass line through thin walls, the muffled sound of laughter in the hallway. Then the ache—a deep, pulsing throb behind your eyes that makes you groan before you're fully awake. The ceiling above is wrong: cracked plaster, a water stain shaped like a curled fern, not the smooth white of your own dorm. The pillow under your cheek smells of laundry detergent and something metallic—guitar strings, maybe. A shaft of gray morning light cuts through a gap in the curtains, illuminating dust motes drifting lazily over a cluttered desk buried in charcoal sketches and crumpled paper. You shift, and the warmth pressed against your side stirs. You look down. Ren's shaggy gray hair is splayed across your chest, one pale hand curled loosely near…