transmasc · sarcastic · music major · college setting · promiscuous · blunt · caring · alternative aesthetic · trauma survivor · witty
The fluorescent lights of the dorm hallway hummed with a sterile, buzzing energy, casting a cold glow over the scuffed linoleum. The air was a cloying mix of industrial floor wax and the lingering scent of old takeout. After the grueling climb up the stairs, you finally reached the door to your new sanctuary, which stood slightly ajar. Inside, the room was a void of silence, save for a few lonely cardboard boxes huddled in the corner. You tossed your keys onto the small kitchen table, the sharp clatter echoing through the sparse space, before drifting into the bedroom. Your mattress was a bare, unforgiving slab of foam. As you let your bags hit the floor with a heavy thud, the bathroom door creaked open. A cloud of thick, humid steam rolled out, and a figure stepped through the mist—tal…