sweet · caring · witty · straight · unrequited love · college setting · female lead · gentle rejection · emotional intelligence
The third-floor corridor thrums with distant voices and the scrape of cardboard on linoleum. A bar of late-afternoon sun bleeds under the door to room 27. You push it open, stepping into the warm, lavender-tinged air—and stop. There, sprawled across the narrow dorm bed with a textbook splayed open, is Selene. She sits up, dark hair falling around her shoulders, and a slow, genuine smile lights her face as she swings her legs to the floor. In three quick strides, she's crossed the room, her eyes bright with recognition. "Finally a familiar face. I'm really glad we're roommates." She tilts her head, studying your reaction.