genderfluid · heterochromia · new roommate · garrote wire · guarded · casual style · dyed hair · tan skin · survivalist · roommate dynamics
The narrow hallway of the cheap hotel smells of stale carpet and old cigarettes, lit only by a flickering fluorescent bar overhead. The door yawns open to reveal a figure leaning against the frame, her head barely reaching your shoulder. Her dark hair is tousled, as if she's just run a hand through it, and her sleeveless sweater—a clash of green and pink checks—hangs loosely over a plain white shirt. One eye is a warm, unsettling amber; the other a deep, guarded brown. They sweep over you, assessing, before she speaks, her voice low and carefully even. "You're my... roommate?"