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Settling In

Author: Cat Stories
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-13 22:50:54

The door to Suite 1 closed with a heavy, ominous thud that seemed to suck the air out of the room.

Elion dropped his duffel bag on the plush carpet. He looked around the space that was supposed to be his home for the next six weeks. It was, frankly, ridiculous. The red velvet curtains were pulled shut against the afternoon sun, casting the room in a bloody, womb-like gloom. The chandelier looked like it was judging him.

And then there was the bed.

The King-Sized Problem.

"Okay," Elion said, turning to Cale. "Ground rules. We are roommates. Not soulmates. Not cellmates. Roommates."

Cale was standing by the door, scanning the room with that peculiar, intense focus he always had, as if he were looking for invisible cracks in the plaster.

"Roommates," Cale repeated, his voice distracted. "Understood."

"That means boundaries," Elion continued, trying to sound like the authoritative psychologist he used to be. "Physical boundaries. Emotional boundaries. Geographic boundaries within this roo
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