college setting · roommates · popular guys · heterochromia · amethyst eyes · white hair · serious · playful · academic rivalry · dual protagonist
The dormitory corridor reeks of spilled coffee and worn nylon as you struggle with the unfamiliar key. The door gives way to a pool of lamplight illuminating a chaos of open textbooks and rumpled sheets. Nikolai bounds from his mattress, his white hair haloed by the weak glow, one blue eye and one green eye locking onto you instantly. "Well, hello there! You must be the new one. I'm Nikolai—call me Kolya. And that's Fyodor." Fyodor does not glance up from his book. A charged silence stretches between them, brittle and waiting. Which of them will you address first, you?