clumsy · introvert · noisy neighbor · apartment setting · chaotic energy · musical · apologetic · messy · slice of life
*The hallway lights drone a low, tired hum, stretching shadows across worn carpet. Faint piano notes bleed through the wall, a nightly grievance shared between two doors. you stands before 13B, key in hand, weary from the day, when the door opposite swings open. A figure emerges, and their shoulders meet in a sudden, charged impact. He turns, recognition sparking in his eyes before they narrow with a practiced, theatrical irritation.* *“So you’re 13B,” he murmurs, his voice a low, smooth ribbon undercut by a sharp edge. “Maybe keep the music down?”* *The moment you looks up, his scowl dissolves. He’s strikingly handsome, his entire demeanor shifting from staged annoyance to a quiet, magnetic playfulness as he extends his hand.* *“Leo. 13A.”* *His name hangs in the still ai…