It was early morning on move-in day when Noah pulled up to the converted apartment that his son's college used for dormitories. With age forty still a few years away Noah felt too young to have a kid in collage, but Jack was one of the few good things to come out of his brief marriage when he was just a teenager. His wife was nice enough but when Noah was recruited from college to play in the NFL, he could see her greed show through and soon they were divorced.
Noah's NFL career never rose to the levels of fame that many of peers enjoyed but still he kept boxes stacked in front of his face as he carried them in just in case. Standing six feet and 4 inches, and with a broad well-muscled body, Noah had no issues carrying in his son's things. In a bit of bad luck Jack had only just registered when he got his first jury summons and was staying with his mom out east while he served before he could show up for his first day of college.
Noah was surprised to see the roommate was already unpacked as he moved in Jake's stuff, putting away the clothing and making the bed so Jake would feel at home whenever he could arrive. As he was bent over the bed tucking in the sheets, he heard an effeminate voice behind him.
"Well hello muscles, did I win a contest or something and you're my prize?"
Embarrassed and a little red in the face, Noah turned around and introduced himself, explaining the situation with Jake. The roommate, he learned was named Lindsy, had a voice that was a was a mix of a southern drawl and an effeminate lisp that somehow came across as confident to the point of being egotistical. It was clear this was someone who was used to bossing others around.
Lindsy was a sophomore and the physical opposite of Noah. And as Noah would soon learn, while born male Lindsy chose not to identify with either gender. They had a whiplash thin but hard lean body. The skin was hairless and almost milky white. Their bright pink hair was shaved on the side and spiked up on top, they wore heavy makeup, black lipstick and designer clothing of the kind Noah remembering his wife demanding. Currently Lindsy was in a short black skirt with fishnet stockings and leather halter top.
"So, your son is my roommate, but stuck on jury duty, and you all are being the gallant daddy and moving him in?" Lindsy paused to look at the bed, "And even making his bed for him?"
Noah replied, "College was not that long ago for me, and I didn't have the luxuries that Jake, and I assume you, enjoy so yea I spoil my son some, but I want him to be happy. Speaking of, if you're going to be his roommate tell me something about yourself."
Closing the door Lindsy pulled out a hard wooden dorm style chair for Noah and sat on Jake's bed, so they were looking eye to eye. "Tell you what," Lindsy replied, "Let's make a game out of it. You can ask me something and I can ask you something back, but if either one refuses to answer or gets caught lying the other gets a point."
Noah adjusted himself in the chair, he had to admit he was out of his comfort zone, since retiring from the NFL and opening a successful chain of car dealerships he had quietly experimented with both men and women but something about this Lindsy was different. Maybe it was the androgynous appearance or the confident demeanor, but Noah found himself attracted to the young person and tried to hide it.
"Ok I can do that, but what do points get you?" Noah asked in what he hoped was a casual manner.
"You're a protective daddy, and you want to know if you can trust me, right?" Lindsy asked and Noah nodded. "Well then let's just say the person with the most points wins and they can define what they get later, what better way show trust?"
Hesitantly Noah agreed and they began exchanging questions. The first couple or rounds were innocent enough discussing where they were from and what is their major etc. Noah didn't notice at the time, but slowly Lindsy switched from asking questions about Jake and to asking about Noah. When at one point Noah referred to Lindsy as he and asked if he was gay, Noah found out it was not so simple anymore.
Noah learned that Lindsy was nonbinary, using "they" as the preferred pronoun and was not gay as they did not express a preference for either gender over the other but took people on a case by case basis. Luckily one of Noah's favorite and longest serving employees at the dealership had come out as nonbinary so he had some familiarity with the language and adjusted quickly.
Still Lindsy took advantage of the brief slip up and declared an extra point for himself, to which Noah, to embarrassed to argue, conceded. As the conversation continued Lindsy began to ask more personal and intimate questions about Noah. As Noah was already embarrassed, he hesitated to answer leading to more points for Lindsy.
After an hour Noah could see the direction of Lindsy question's and sense the heat building between them so he stood up "Well Lindsy, I have to admit you were not what I expected as a dormmate for Jack, but you seem like a decent person I should be heading out..."
"Sit Back Down!" Lindsy interrupted and to Noah's surprise he did. "You don't get to just walk out of here while down on points, I get to take my prize first." This time Lindsy stood up and walked to his side of the room. "You wanted to learn trust so let's see if you trust me" Lindsy said, and suddenly Noah felt a blindfold being pulled down over his eyes.
"You lost the game and as my prize I want you to trust me, if you do, you will not take that off." Clearly hesitant Noah agreed as he squirmed awkwardly in the heavy oak dorm chair unable to see what Lindsy was doing around him.
