It's the classic friends to lovers trope.
It explores the different types of relationships of life before settling down with the cowboys of his life.
I wanted something that spoke to the everyday life of the dynamics of polyamory, the ups and downs...
It was the start of the semester and the start of Fall. Everything was colored with browns, reds and yellows. I saw a few pumpkins on campus.
The campus was swarming with freshmen trying to find their classes. I, too was a freshman at the University of South Carolina. My classes were hopefully great and I stayed on campus since it was included in the tuition.
As I walked to class, I spotted a guy I knew only by name which was Caleb. I think it was because I didn't talk to him and he didn't talk to me. He was tall, had the richest brown eyes and looked as though he works out a lot. Everyone knew who he was, even if they hadn't met him. He was the play boy, the popular one with guys and girls, even the professors had a thing for him sometimes.
I made my way to my dorm room. I asked for a single room, but sometimes they're not too keen on that and assured me they would try everything they could. I don't have a problem with a roommate, but I wasn't too good with confrontation.
I opened the door to find two beds and one was occupied by a tall man with a beard and smelled like the forest and juniper trees.
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(Timothy)
He turned and said, "Hey, I'm Timothy. I normally go by Tim but since you're cute, Timothy is fine." He chuckled when I blushed. I explained that I didn't stay up late and if he went to parties to be quiet because I had a lot of early morning classes.
"There's no need to worry. I don't party a lot and when I do, I stay there or at a friends place." He assured me. We got settled in and he brushed against me while putting boxes under the bed. I caught a whiff of his cologne and how it smelled like spices and had an earthy undertone.
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My phone rang and I answered it since it was a friend and they wanted to hang out in a bit. I told them that I could and as I hung up the phone, I put the rest of my things on the bed and headed out.
I met my friend at the café that was about a five minute walk from campus. It was called The Book Bean. It was served as a place to hangout and to study.
"Hey! How's it going?" My friend asked.
"It's going good. I can't wait to get classes started."
"Of course. I expected nothing less from you."
I laughed. He always joked that all I did was study. We hung out for a bit, talked about how we're going to have a great time, have fun while studying, and everything that two college freshmen could dream about.
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As I got back to my room, Tim had put his stuff away and was laying on the bed reading a book. I saw that it was a romance book and found it nice that he read them.
