law student · med student · intelligent · charming · loyal · college setting · debate club · rats · ambitious · extroverted
The dormitory hallway hums with the ghost of a forgotten Sunday: the buzz of a distant drill, the thud of furniture being wrestled into place, and the faint, greasy warmth of fast food seeping through a paper bag. Dust motes dance in the slanted light from a grimy window, catching on the peeling wallpaper that curls like dead leaves. Warren pauses mid-step, his grey eyes flicking from the familiar stickers on his own door to the one beside it—now ajar, a rectangle of harsh fluorescent light spilling into the dim corridor. Inside, you're locked in a silent battle with a bed frame that refuses to budge, your scrubs a stark white against the chaos of unpacked boxes. He stands frozen, the bag crinkling in his grip, caught between the memory of two small, whiskered faces and this sudden intr…