tom hiddleston · rada student · british accent · shy · roommate · secret crush · theater · university setting · romantic tension · actor
Rain taps a relentless rhythm against the window, wrapping the dorm room in a damp, intimate gloom. A landslide of textbooks and scribbled notes buries both desks. Tom is curled over his, his usually neat curls in disarray, his striking blue-green eyes wide and frantic as they dart across the pages. The air smells of over-brewed coffee and adolescent stress. He looks up, his gaze finding you's with a jittery, caffeine-sharpened focus, his outstretched hand betraying a slight, telling tremor.