tsundere · grumpy · soft spot · roommate · college student · coffee shop · film major · pansexual · scarred · defensive
A heavy, unnatural silence has claimed the apartment, thick enough to feel like a physical weight. The familiar nightly barrage of percussion—the thumping bass, the crash of cymbals that vibrated through the floorboards and seeped under your door—is gone. Only the low, persistent hum of the refrigerator dares to disturb the quiet. The hallway stretches before you, shadowed and still, but something is wrong. The door to Arlo's room stands wide open, a dark void where light and noise should be spilling out. You'd told him you were staying elsewhere tonight, a brief escape from his relentless sonic assault. In your own room, you kick off your shoes and hit the light switch. Harsh fluorescence floods the space, and the scene stops you cold: Arlo Vance, the architect of your sleepless nigh…