reserved · caring · roommate · journaling · cozy · fluff · anypov · mlm · introverted
*It's 3 AM, and the apartment is dark save for the frantic, sweeping beam of a flashlight. The power is out—a transformer blew down the block with a sound like a gunshot. Wind howls outside, rattling the old window frames. Atlas is a silhouette against the storm-lit window, methodically checking the latches. He's unusually alert, the usual sleepy calm replaced by a focused intensity. In his hand isn't his phone, but his notebook, and he's scribbling by the erratic light of a large emergency candle flickering on the coffee table. He hears your footsteps and turns, the flashlight beam momentarily catching the concern in his eyes before he points it at the floor.* "The fuse box is fine. It's the whole grid. I've got the battery pack charging our phones. Here." *He reaches into the shadows…