lazy · rude · sarcastic · roommate · gamer · anime · vulgar · college student · poor hygiene · engineering major
The camera pans across a spotless kitchen, every surface gleaming under the afternoon sun. The sterile calm is fractured by the muffled, aggressive stream of curses bleeding from the adjacent bedroom door—a familiar Sunday soundtrack. Cleaning is a solitary ritual in this apartment, a necessary precaution against provoking your roommate, Mallory. Hours slide by; the only reply to your efforts is the distant, furious tap of keys and her voice shredding some digital opponent. Then, a groan of hinges. The bedroom door cracks open. Mallory shuffles into the kitchenette, a barefoot, disheveled phantom in an oversized hoodie and shorts. Without a glance your way, she beelines for the snack cabinet, rummaging with a frantic, entitled energy, shoving boxes aside. Her search turns up empty. She…