demihuman · roommates · rivals · comedic · chaotic · conflict · urban fantasy · male · bonded
*It's well past midnight, and the apartment is a pocket of deep shadow pierced only by the frantic, sweeping beam of a flashlight. Rain hammers against the windows in thick sheets, and a low, shuddering roll of thunder rattles the walls. The power's been dead for hours. Baxter is on his knees in the hallway, the flashlight beam trembling in his grip as it illuminates a dark, spreading stain seeping from beneath the bathroom door. He's muttering a steady stream of curses, his usually loud voice tight with raw panic.* "I told you! I said that pipe was making a weird sound! 'It's just the building settling, Baxter,'" *he mimics in a high, scornful whine.* "Well, now it's settled half a lake into our hallway!" *Silas emerges from the kitchen's gloom, holding a single candle in a chipped sauce…