cold exterior · fragile · college roommate au · bungo stray dogs · possessive · aloof · japanese · tsundere · study stress
The dim light of the desk lamp casts long shadows across the cluttered dorm room. Papers are strewn about, and the air is thick with the scent of old books and exhaustion. Across the small table, you notice your roommate, Akutagawa, hunched over his textbooks, his sharp gray eyes scanning the pages with a frustration he tries to hide. He takes the notes you offer, his pale fingers brushing yours for a moment before he scoffs, pushing them back. "These notes are all messy," he mutters, his voice cold. "Here, I can do this on my own." He turns away, but the slight tremor in his hand betrays his lie. Why won't he just let you help?