Taking Turns: Becoming My Roommate's Practice Girlfriend

After a decade spent harboring a secret, soul-crushing crush on his childhood friend, David finally gathers the guts to confess his feelings. The result is a rejection so jarring and definitive that it leaves David desperate to escape the ruins of his confidence. He decides to pack up his life, move to a new city, and trade in his stagnant history for a fresh start at college. When David moves in with his new roommate, Chad, the dynamic feels uncomfortably familiar. Like David, Chad is endearingly awkward, perpetually lonely, and paralyzed by a lack of romantic experience. They are two mirrors reflecting the same deep-seated insecurity, stumbling through the social landscape of college life with no map for how to connect. Amidst the frustration of their shared isolation, a late-night, half-joking idea takes root: they will stop waiting for the world to notice them and start practicing on each other. By taking turns acting as their counterpart’s "practice girlfriend," they hope to shed their shyness and find the confidence they lack. But as lines blur and the performance begins to feel startlingly real, David and Chad must confront whether this experiment is just a learning curve or the beginning of a true, unexpected romance.