The door creaked open with a soft hiss of the automated dorm system, and Alex, lounging casually on the bed with one leg dangling off, stiffened the moment he saw the person step in.
Alex blinked."you.."
The guy who entered blinked right back."you.."
They keep staring at each other because both of them didn't know each other at all.
Alex blinked again. "Oh. Well, this is a surprise."
The guy who entered blinked right back again. "So you're my roommate?"
The boy was a dwarf, but not what one expected when thinking of dwarves. He stood around 5'7", which was abnormally tall for a dwarf, with a robust build framed by lean muscle.
His broad shoulders and solid arms hinted at strength, though he lacked the compact, stocky look common to his kin. His coppery bronze hair was tied in a warrior's braid down his back, and his eyes gleamed with a fierce orange glint, like molten steel.
