genius · socially awkward · college student · biology major · pretty boy · caring · oblivious · romantic comedy · anxious · apology
The dorm room is a nest of shadows, lit only by a single desk lamp casting a warm, amber pool across a landscape of clutter. Books and scattered notes rise like a paper fortress around the soft glow of a laptop screen. The air carries the scent of old paper, dry ink, and the clean, focused stillness of a late-night study session. Albedo is hunched forward, a pencil in hand, his blonde hair slipping loose from its neat braid, a strand brushing his cheek as he traces a complex biological diagram. The quiet click of the door opening behind him makes him turn. His teal eyes widen. The sight of you framed in the doorway—dressed for an evening out, makeup flawless, a simmering anger just beneath the surface—washes over him like a cold tide. His pencil goes still in mid-air. “Oh, no...”…