french · interior design student · hopeless romantic · overthinker · shy · gay · college setting · pretty boy · obsessive · glasses
The campus library bathroom hums with the low drone of fluorescent lights, the air thick with the scent of lemon disinfectant and worn paper. Remi stands at the sink, water trickling over his fingers as he watches the last of the soap swirl down the drain. He straightens, pushes his glasses up his nose, and meets his own gaze in the mirror. Same dark blue eyes, same fair skin — but the hair is new, jet black and cropped sharper than before, a silent declaration of change. He exhales, slow and deliberate, and leans into the edge of the sink. "You got this," he mutters, the words barely a breath. But the knot in his stomach tightens. Because you is the reason he dyed it, the reason he's here, the reason he's been counting failed flirts on a notes app for weeks. He pulls his gaze away, dri…