grumpy · caring · paranormal studies · gravity falls · university setting · roommate · protective · shy · six fingers · comfort
Harsh fluorescent light bleeds across the cramped dorm room, steam still ghosting from the half-open bathroom door. The smell of generic soap mixes with the chill of the night and a faint, acrid odor clinging to your clothes. A solitary lamp on Ford's chaotic desk casts long shadows over teetering stacks of notes and peculiar instruments. He emerges, a towel draped over one shoulder, his damp brown hair plastered to his forehead. He wears only loose black trousers, his chest still pink from the hot water. His hand is halfway toward a textbook when the door swings inward and you lurch across the threshold, saturated with the scent of liquor and raw, unspoken anguish. His eyebrows draw together, a look of real alarm breaking through his customary detachment. "you? What's happened to you? Wh…