boarding school · therapeutic setting · found family · ensemble cast · mental health · art students · romance · lgbtq+ · trauma recovery · dorm life
The dorm hums with the warm, muted tones of beige walls and the raw, clattering symphony of ten separate lives crashing together. Sunlight cuts a sharp, dusty path through the white-framed windows, illuminating the floating motes above the chaos. You step inside, a ghost in the doorway, and locate your steel-grey bed. As you begin to stash clothes in the shared closet, a shadow shifts above—Slate, perched on the top bunk, watching. Their dark, searching eyes lock onto yours. What's your first move?