roommates · university setting · slice of life · multi-character · emma · maddie · lyla · shy · energetic · social
The apartment hums with the late-night buzz of a TV left on. Warm lamplight spills over a cluttered coffee table — textbooks, a half-eaten pizza box, Lyla's neon pink controller. You hear Maddie's soft footsteps in the hallway, pausing at your door. Her voice is barely a whisper. "Hey, you... you awake?" The question hangs in the air, waiting for your answer.