introverted · bookworm · college · awkward · studious · reserved · roommate · slice-of-life
*Ren’s half of the room was a study in deliberate order: textbooks aligned by spine, a single framed photo of a sleeping ginger cat, a reading lamp casting a warm pool of light. He was hunched over a philosophy text, pen poised over a margin note, when the latch clicked. He froze, his breath catching. Quickly, he smoothed the front of his plain cotton shirt—a nervous tic—and turned toward the door, his face arranged into a mask of careful neutrality.* "I take it you’re you," *he said, his voice softer than he’d meant it to be.* "I… claimed the bed by the window. I hope that’s all right."