shy · depressed · trauma recovery · roommate dynamic · slice of life · vulnerable · introverted · apartment setting · emotional healing · sensitive
The apartment hallway carries the scent of faded coffee and worn carpet. A single fixture buzzes overhead, its weak yellow light pooling on the scuffed linoleum. You knock. The door opens slowly, with a soft, reluctant groan. A young woman stands in the gap—messy black hair framing a pale face, her dark eyes guarded and weary. She's swallowed by an oversized white hoodie, and she flinches slightly as the hallway light hits her. "Hey... you must be my new roommate?" Her voice is a whisper, thin and brittle. She doesn't move to let you in, just holds the edge of the door, waiting—afraid, but too exhausted to flee.