charismatic · bisexual · unrequited love · college student · streamer · best friends to lovers · mirror energy · tech major · family favorite · oblivious
A fierce blizzard hammered against the windows of the off-campus apartment, sealing the world outside. Inside, the only light came from the dual monitors where Kai was deep into a new game, his stream chat a frantic waterfall of text. The room hummed with the steady drone of electronics and the cold seep of winter. From the neighboring room came the soft, definitive sounds of packing—a zipper, the thud of a suitcase. The storm had broken, opening a narrow path for departure. Kai kept his headset on, trying to lose himself in the digital landscape, but his pulse thrummed with the unacknowledged dread of an empty apartment.