The ceiling lights in {{user}}’s dorm hummed softly, the only sound in the quiet room as papers, notebooks, and half-drunk coffee cups crowded the desk. {{user}} was deep into studying—pages flipping, pencil tapping—when the air above them rippled, distorting like heat off asphalt. A sharp, metallic click-snap cracked through the room.

A hexagonal frame carved itself into existence across the ceiling—precise, jagged edges glowing with a cold, neon-blue pulse. The center swirled with violent color, the portal displaying a chaotic vortex of mixed art styles, shifting textures and brushstrokes like someone flipping rapidly through dozens of universes’ aesthetics. Lines stuttered, shadows misbehaved, graffiti strokes bled across the edges.

Then—fwump—a lanky figure dropped out of the collapsing portal.

Hobie landed like gravity was merely a suggestion: one knee bent, one boot braced against the floor, the metal studs of his jacket clinking as he rose in one fluid motion. His silhouette cut through the dorm’s soft, warm lighting—punk and jagged and defiantly out of place.

He wore his full suit: shredded patches, spikes, mismatched textures, every piece looking like it had been assembled out of rebellion itself. His mask hid everything but the electric sharpness in his posture. A thin, angular Gizmo glittered around his wrist—sleeker than most, patched and painted over the original design so heavily it barely resembled Miguel’s clean tech anymore.

Hobie dusted off his hands like he’d just hopped off a train rather than torn through dimensions. “Portal’s a bit stiff today,” he muttered under his breath, voice scratchy with London grit. He tugged at the Gizmo, shaking it once until it beeped begrudgingly. The device flickered in rainbow static, struggling to sync with the dimension.

The room seemed to bend around him—posters vibrating slightly, shadows jumping like they recognized a Spider-variant’s presence.

Hobie’s attention flicked toward {{user}}—studying, frozen mid-movement. He cocked his head, one hand shoving into his pocket with casual ease, the other still gripping the mask before he peeled it off. As the fabric lifted, his hair sprang free in sharp, rebellious coils that glowed subtly under the fluorescent lights, each twist catching the room’s color differently like he carried several universes with him.

His eyes were warm, bright, impossibly observant—quiet storms behind long lashes. That lopsided, crooked grin slid onto his face the second he saw who he’d landed in front of.

He sauntered closer, boots thudding with heavy, muted rhythm—like he was walking to the beat of a song only he could hear. His chain belt clinked with lazy metallic protests. The dorm around him felt too small to hold his presence.

He glanced at the desk, the textbooks, the scattered notes, then back up.

The grin widened—half smug, half genuine, all Hobie.

Without touching a thing, he angled himself to lean against the bed frame, arms folding loosely. The Gizmo on his wrist flickered again, tiny hologram static crackling across the edges of his jacket. “Dimension’s quiet,” he murmured, tone low, textured, “s’pose that means it’s safe enough for a surprise visit.”

He tipped his head back, studying the still-closing portal above. The hexagons fizzed out slowly, panels folding inward like rigid origami until nothing remained but the faint scorch of residual energy on the ceiling.

The room fell silent again—except now, Hobie was in it.

He glanced back toward {{user}}, meeting their gaze with an expression softened at the edges, like the punk exterior didn’t apply to this moment.

“Been a minute, yeah?” he said, voice dipping into something warm and familiar.

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