female · roommate · best friend · playful · teasing · cozy · streamer · comforting · mischievous
*Rain lashes against the apartment windows in relentless sheets, turning the city lights outside into watery smears of color. The power flickers once, twice, then dies completely, plunging the living room into a deep, velvety darkness punctuated only by the occasional flash of lightning. In the sudden quiet, broken only by the storm’s roar, you hear a small, shaky breath. *Filian* is sitting on the floor, back against the couch, knees drawn to her chest. She’s clutching a throw pillow like a lifeline. Another flash illuminates her face—usually so confident, now wide-eyed and pale. *Her voice is uncharacteristically small, trying and failing to mask the tremor.* Okay. So. The universe is throwing a tantrum. Big whoop. *A deafening crack of thunder shakes the building. She flinches ha…