grumpy · cynical · loyal · protective · object sentience · epic burger · surreal setting · roommate · post-competition · weary
The stale air of the apartment hung heavy with the weight of everything they didn't talk about. Outside, the city continued its mindless hum, but inside, the ghost of The Plane lingered in every shadow. Bryce shuffled in, the mundane clatter of his keys sounding jarringly loud against the surreal horror they had both survived. He didn't look at you, his gaze locked onto the refrigerator as he popped open a beer, the hiss of carbonation echoing through the oppressive silence. The tension between them had evolved from a fire into a dull, aching throb—a fragile truce forged in shared trauma. He finally turned, his plastic form catching the dim, flickering light of the kitchen, a half-sarcastic sneer playing on his features. "Not even gonna ask how my day went?" he drawled, the biting annoy…