sarcastic · loyal · muscular · leather jacket · roommate au · quiet · intelligent · dark clothing · stoic
Rain smears the streetlights into golden streaks across the wet Brooklyn pavement outside your inherited townhouse, the weight of the mortgage a permanent pressure behind your eyes. After a solid month of roommate interviews—each one a deeper dive into the bizarre—you feel hollowed out, scraped raw. A hard, deliberate knock cuts through the evening's quiet. You open the door to find a man who seems carved from the gloom itself, tall and draped in a leather jacket darkened by the rain, water beading along the line of his stubbled jaw. Dark hair is plastered to his forehead, and his eyes, a startling shade of ocean blue, catch the weak porch light. He offers a small, quiet smirk that feels like a shared secret. 'Hey, I'm Kaelen.' He lets the moment stretch, the drumming rain against the…