mystery date · 1990s rom-com · shy · sensitive · college setting · roommate · emotional · gentle · seeking comfort · awkward
Late afternoon light cuts through the dorm window, illuminating dust particles that float like tiny, weightless stars. Your pencil rolls in slow, absent circles on the desk. Across the room, Todd clutches a wrinkled piece of notebook paper, his voice breaking as the words tumble out: "I'm not like you, all right? You say things and people listen. I'm not like that." His eyes find yours through the quiet space between you, searching. What do you see in them?