Beyond Blueprints and Calculations

The college campus was a disorienting blend of the familiar and the utterly strange for Jieffer Andrio Calandria. He hadn't expected to see Arkalev Villorente here-his childhood best friend, lost time and distance until this unexpected reunion. No nostalgic childhood memories played out in the halls; instead, the image of Arkalev had simply, jarringly, reappeared in his mind. Arkalev, ever the self-assured one, still exuded that cocky charm, but the easy camaraderie of their past felt like a distant echo, replaced by a palpable tension. Their chosen paths-engineering and architecture-had somehow become a battlefield, their playful jabs replaced by a charged silence, a potent energy simmering between them.

Sharing a dorm room felt like a gamble, a high-stakes bet on the future of their relationship. Would their proximity reignite the warmth of their old friendship, or would it spark something entirely different, something far more intense and intimate? The air thrummed with unspoken desires, a delicate dance between lingering resentment and a nascent attraction neither could deny. The question hung heavy: could this shared space mend a broken bond, or forge a connection far exceeding the limits of friendship? The unexpected encounter had thrown Jieffer's carefully constructed expectations into disarray, leaving him grappling with a past he thought long buried and a future he couldn't yet fathom.

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This is a TagLish BL story.