His dorm was impressive. He had been expecting something a tad bit cozier. But in all honesty, Loki was surprised to say that maybe he wouldn't mind sharing a dorm since they'd both have plenty of room. Within the dorm was a small kitchen connected to a living room. Off to the left was the bathroom, unfortunately small for Loki's tastes. But the size of the bedroom made up for that. Of course it was smaller than the one he grew up in at home, yet so much bigger than he had expected. Since his dormmate hadn't arrived yet, Loki decided to check out the other bedroom down the hall. First come first serve.
After a quick look around he settled on the first room he looked in. Both had been roughly the same, however the first one was closer to the bathroom. It would be easier to get to in the middle of the night. So reluctantly he sent a message to Thor, asking him to bring up the rest of his stuff. He didn't feel like making another trip up the stairs, arms full of boxes and bags. It sounded like work he didn't want to do. At least his dumb oaf of a brother was good at something. Minutes later said oaf came barreling through the door, arms packed with as much as he could carry.
"Brother!" Thor said in his booming voice. "I don't know how you fit all this in the car, but there's still more."
"Tight squeeze, but I managed. Some things were too important to leave behind. I did need more than two shirts and a pair of underwear like you Thor." It never ceased to amaze him how fast Thor could put him in a sour mood. They made it a whole thirty seconds this time, which unfortunately was about usual.
Thor just laughed it off like he did with all the jabs and digs Loki threw his way. It was infuriating. Thankfully he just placed the stuff in Loki's room and went to get the rest. When everything was in his room, Loki hurried Thor out the door before he could offer to help unpack. Looking like a kicked puppy, Thor just left, promising to check in on him after his own stuff had been unpacked. Hopefully it would take a long, long time.
It was a miracle Loki didn't have Thor as a dormmate. Thor tried so hard to get it to happen. Loki had to beg his Mother to make sure it didn't happen. He was grateful that she understood his desperation to get away from Thor. It was bad enough they were going to the same College. But this is where Loki wanted to go, and he wasn't going to let Thor get in his way of that.
Loki managed to make his bed, put all his books on the shelf, and start to hang up some of his clothes before he heard the door open again. Sighing, he hoped in wasn't Thor back so soon. He had only been joking about him not packing enough things, but he thought it would take him a little longer than this to unpack and get settled in. Making his way out of the room, he had his mouth open, ready to yell at Thor. Instead he saw a tall, handsome man standing there instead. The most noticeable thing about the man was his arms. The left one was covered in tattoos, from the tip of his fingers, all the way up, getting cut off halfway up his arm by the shirt he was wearing. Loki wondered if it went al the way up to his shoulder, or if it even stopped there. Maybe it spread across his chest or back. Either way, it was a beautiful work of art, even from across the room where he couldn't make out all the details.
The man's eyes glazed the room before eventually landing on Loki. He placed his stuff in the corner before making his way over. He peeked in the room behind Loki, noticing the boxes inside.
"Well I guess you got dibs on this room." The man said. Loki could hear a faint accent, as if the man was consciously trying to get rid of it. It was defiantly American, but he couldn't quite place it. "Oh well, I should've got here sooner. No worries. So I guess that's mine down the hall?"
"Indeed." Loki watched the man walk into the other room only to return moments later with a smile.
"It's great, I love it." The man walked back to Loki, sticking his hand out to shake, which Loki took hesitantly. "Nice to meet you. The names James Buchanan Barnes. I think we're gunna be great Roommates."