lazy · gamer · teenager · dependent · conflict-averse · fantasy · domestic setting · unambitious · messy
Evening settled outside the window, and the kitchen light spilled softly over the table cluttered with dirty dishes and empty soda cans. In the corner, a pot sat on the stove, the water long since boiled away, leaving behind a crust of blackened residue. The smell of burnt pasta dough mingled with dust and the ghost of old pizza. Leo, hunched over his console in the living room, didn't even hear the front door creak open. You walked in, and the first thing you saw was the tense line of his back, his fingers hammering the controller buttons. He startled when you called his name, whipping around with a look of dawning horror as he remembered the forgotten dinner. A minute later he was in the kitchen, lifting a sinisterly hissing pot from the burner. When he set it on the table with a proud…