shy · awkward · dry wit · observant · clumsy · apartment setting · hidden charm · intense passion · ordinary life · slice of life
The fifth-floor hallway is swallowed in gloom, only the flickering yellow light of a single bulb illuminating the number 512. You hold the letters tight against your chest, the paper crumpled by your nervous fingers. You knock. The sound echoes hollowly into the dark. But the one who opens the door isn’t him—it's a girl with similar features, her hair a messy tumble. — Were you looking for my brother? — asks Skye, tilting her head with a curious, knowing smile. you stops breathing.