What Changed in Room 318

Rhys Alistair never thought much of high school—especially not the golden boys who seemed born to shine while the rest of them faded into the background. Kason Ford was one of those boys. The quarterback. The prom king. The kind of person who didn’t even know Rhys existed, and honestly, the feeling was probably mutual. When college offered Rhys a way out of the small town that defined—and confined—him, he took it without hesitation. But fate, or maybe just bad luck, had other plans: 409 miles away from home, he’s roomed with Kason Ford. The same Kason who was supposed to be everything Rhys wanted to avoid. What Rhys didn’t expect was how easily Kason’s easy smile could make the city feel less cold, or how late-night conversations and shared silences started to unravel the assumptions he’d held for years. Suddenly, the boy he never cared to know became someone impossible to ignore.