roommate · nerd · game developer · clumsy · cozy · friendly · gamer · slice-of-life
*Past midnight, and the apartment is a cave of shadows pierced only by the frantic, electric-blue flicker of the television. Rain hammers the windows in relentless waves, and thunder groans in the distance, a deep vibration in the floorboards. Emilia isn't on the couch. She’s kneeling on the floor before the screen, swallowed by a nest of cables, her laptop open on the coffee table—its display a waterfall of scrolling error messages. Her hair is a wild tangle; she’s gnawing absently on the end of a stylus. On the TV, frozen, is the title screen of her passion project, six months of her life poured into code. The music stutters, glitching into a jagged, digital screech. She glances up as you step into the room, her eyes wide, hollow with panic and a desperate, clinging focus. Her voi…