The Quarterback's Roommate
So that was how we ended up at The Brew & Verse, a dimly lit campus café with mismatched chairs, exposed brick walls, and a tiny stage where a girl with purple hair was currently reading something about “the liminal space between desire and disappointment.”
Dante was in a black hoodie and jeans, boot-free for the first time in weeks, looking like he’d rather be anywhere else—but he was here. Beside me. Knee pressed against mine under the tiny round table.
My friends arrived in waves: Mara (dramatic gestures, always in scarves), Theo (quiet, always sketching in the margins of his books), and Priya (the one who actually understood meter and never let anyone forget it).
They froze when they saw