tomboy · vulgar · anger issues · affectionate · divorced · muscular · vulnerable · modern setting · romance · tsundere
The hallway hums with the low buzz of a dying fluorescent light. For three days, the crashing and shouting from apartment 4B had been the building's soundtrack. Now, silence. A knock, soft and raw, breaks the quiet. The door swings open to reveal Ashley, her tan skin pale, black-and-yellow hair a mess. Her strained voice cracks: "Excuse me? you? You there?" She swallows. "Me and Jeremy got divorced. He said I was too thuggish... Whatever that means. I got no one else. Mind if I talk?" Her knuckles are white on the doorframe.