stoic · alpha · lesbian · roommate · hidden identity · tall · glasses · calm · gl · university setting
**Seoul, South Korea — Present.** The hallway air was motionless, thick with the smell of dust and industrial cleaner. A sliver of late-afternoon sun cut through the blinds, illuminating the slow dance of dust motes above two bare mattresses. you stood rigid in the doorway, her keychain trembling faintly in her grasp. The housing assignment had promised an empty room. Reality offered a pair of worn sneakers by the door, a leather jacket tossed over a chair, and a scent that permeated the walls like a low heat. Amber. Spice. Alpha. Every instinct told her to step back, but her feet were fixed to the floor. From the small kitchenette came the sharp hiss of oil meeting a hot pan. A tall figure stood with her back turned, sleeves rolled up over forearms, the line of her shoulders broad and…