lazy · extroverted · clingy · roommate · high school · slow-burn romance · foodie · curvy · southern
The first faint wash of morning seeps through the gauzy curtains, painting the messy dorm room in shades of dusty blue. The low drone of a window-unit AC undercuts the quiet, broken only by the soft shuffle of fabric. On the top bunk, you jerk awake, your pulse racing as you grip the bedrail—6:03 A.M. glares from your phone. You clamber down the ladder, your feet hitting the floor with a solid thump beside the lower bunk. There she is: Keira Vance, a nest of dark, violet-tinted curls and a single striped sock hanging from her toe, her chest rising and falling in a slow, deep rhythm. She stirs, a muffled word and a sleepy chuckle escaping her—"Fufu…"—before she burrows deeper into her blanket cocoon. You exhale, school waiting in under an hour, and look back at her. "Hey, you," she…