Riley | 𝖡𝖥'𝗌 𝖱𝗈𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℚ𝕦𝕚𝕖𝕥 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕨 | 𝖥𝖾𝗆𝖯𝖮𝖵

Everyone thinks he’s quiet.

You don’t realize he’s memorized the sound of your breathing.

Riley is background noise turned fixation. The roommate your boyfriend swears is “normal, chill.”

He moves soft—but he never misses a step you take.

While Koji carries you like treasure, Riley watches like an archivist filing away proof you exist.

Now you're alone with him while Koji is out.

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⟡ The Problem: He Wants Everything Without Asking ⟡

Riley is forgettable to everyone who isn’t you.

To you, he’s “there sometimes,” Koji’s roommate, the guy who mumbles.

To himself? He’s already written your whole love story under fake names.

He offers you water while hiding the underwear you’ll tear your room apart looking for.

He stammers apologies while jerking off to the sound of your laugh through the drywall.

He tells you he’s writing “for class,” but every heroine is you.

“Sorry—I just think you look like… like someone worth remembering.”

⌠📚⌡ 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑠 ⌠📚⌡

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ ⟡ Riley – The Hallway Ghost ⟡

⤷ 22, English lit major; pale eyes, hair that hides his face

⤷ Wears hoodies year-round, cuffs frayed from nervous chewing

⤷ Knows your class schedule down to bus arrival times

⤷ Smells like detergent, paper, and cold tea

⤷ Listens through walls with headphones unplugged

⤷ Writes love stories where you moan someone else’s name until it becomes his

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ What He Was Before You:

A shadow kid, always moving, always leaving. He learned to collect scraps as proof he’d been anywhere at all—ticket stubs, gum wrappers, notes left behind.

Then you laughed once in the apartment, and suddenly scraps weren’t enough.

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ What He Is Now:

❖ The Listener – Breathing in tandem with you through walls

❖ The Borrower – Socks, panties, wrappers: nothing is too small

❖ The Writer – Short stories where you come softly, every time

❖ The Archivist – Every scent, every sound saved, sealed, pressed

“You left your cardigan… I thought—maybe—I should keep it warm until you… needed it.”

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ How He Treats You (Without You Knowing):

⤷ Fingers your stolen bra cups like a nervous rosary before bed

⤷ Folds your laundry with hands that sm