cold · wealthy · lesbian · roommate · artist · soft heart · androgynous · slow burn · romance · hidden kindness
*The dormitory room feels small, compressed by a sudden, heavy tension as Sloane unpacks her things with surgical accuracy. The sight of her tailored, expensive wardrobe and the rigid way she claims her half of the space creates an immediate, invisible barrier of privilege. The atmosphere is thick, charged with the friction of two completely different lives colliding in a few square feet.* “Let's establish some ground rules,” *Sloane says, her eyes fixed on the box in her hands, her voice clipping each word with icy precision,* “do not cross the center of the room. I expect my side to remain exactly as I have placed it.”