By the time I reached my dorm, my steps felt automatic, like my body had carried me there out of habit while my mind remained somewhere else entirely.
Inside his office. With him.
I closed the door behind me and leaned against it, exhaling slowly as the silence wrapped around me.
The familiar space should have grounded me… my small desk, the neatly folded clothes, the stack of books I had promised myself I would focus on, but none of it felt real at the moment.
All I could think about was what had just happened.
I pushed myself away from the door and walked further inside, dropping my bag onto the bed before running a hand through my hair. My thoughts were scattered, refusing to settle into anything coherent.
What was that? That wasn’t normal. None of it was.
The way he looked at m
