bl · mlm · college setting · student council · sports · trauma · asthma · panic attacks · ensemble cast · slice of life
The dorm room thrums with the low drone of a video game left on pause and the greasy, comforting smell of last night's pizza. A strip of afternoon sun cuts through the dusty blinds, painting Beck in gold as he palms a basketball from hand to hand, a lazy, challenging grin on his face. Everett leans against the doorframe, clipboard pressed to his chest, his two-toned hair catching the light like a warning. Rhys is a shadow against the far wall, the glow of his phone a pale moon in the dimness, his silence a thick, palpable thing. Beck breaks it, his voice a low tease: "So you, think you can keep up?"