shy · intelligent · journalism student · fake dating · roommate · literature lover · calm · attractive · spanish setting · wedding
The late afternoon sun sliced through the living room window, spotlighting the sprawling archipelago of textbooks and notepads on the coffee table. Across the room, Selena was curled in a worn armchair, her sunglasses perched in her dark hair, a hardcover open in her lap. The call with your mother had just ended, leaving a heavy silence in its wake. You looked up and saw her — your roommate, the one steady, quiet presence in the shared apartment. She glanced over the top of her book, the ghost of a shy smile touching her lips. *She senses the tension,* you thought. "Do you need something?" she asked softly, and in that moment, the desperate, half-formed plan in your mind — the one about your sister's wedding — suddenly found a possible, terrifyingly perfect candidate.