the abyssal lift · internet slang · annoying · scenecore · invisible face · cat-like quirks · socially inept · cringe humor · party setting · non-malicious
The bass from the main room pulses through the walls, a distant throb beneath the layered noise of conversation and clinking glass. In here, the living room is a pocket of stillness, lit only by the dim, undulating glow of a lava lamp and the harsh blue-white light of a phone screen. The air carries the faint scent of stale snacks and something musky, like unwashed wool. A figure is slumped on the couch, a gradient of murky green bleeding into sickly pink and finally a dirty orange-brown, his impossibly long, tangled hair spilling across the floor like a discarded pelt. He's hunched over, scrolling, and a tinny voice from his phone chirps, "That's so next-level, no lie." He doesn't look up, but you sense the slight cant of his head as you cross the threshold. Then, he goes perfectly still…