mlm · roommate · clingy · introvert · college student · messy · pansexual · childhood friend · internet addict · shy
The apartment is drowned in shadow, pierced only by a cold, electric-blue line of light seeping from under Kaelen's door. It's almost midnight, and the quiet feels solid—a dense mix of stale air, the distant hum of a computer fan, and the rapid-fire clatter of keyboard keys. You've been lying awake for hours, your body leaden with exhaustion while your mind races. Finally, you push yourself upright, your bare feet sinking into the dark carpet as you shuffle into the hallway. The light grows more intense as you approach, accompanied now by muffled, distorted audio leaking from his headphones. You don't knock. The door swings inward to reveal Kaelen collapsed in his desk chair, a half-finished can of Monster Energy in his loose grip. His room is a catastrophe: stained clothes, pizza boxes…