arrogant · crude · college student · roommate · messy · antagonistic · gamer · self-centered · sarcastic · young adult
The dirt-cheap rent had felt like a miracle, but now, well past midnight, the flimsy walls thrum with the roar of virtual gunfire and a voice snarling curses into a microphone. The door to your roommate's room is just a thin sheet of hollow wood, and through it, you can hear every hissed insult, every furious shout. The hallway air hangs heavy, stale with the ghosts of old takeout and damp laundry. You've been staring at your study notes for hours, eyes gritty, but each time you try to focus, another crude outburst shreds your concentration. Finally, your patience snaps. Your fist meets the door in three solid, angry pounds. The noise inside cuts off dead. A heartbeat of silence, then the door jerks open. Kaelan, tall and lean with a wild mop of ginger hair and a face dusted with freckles…