charismatic · competitive · streamer · wlw · modern setting · gamer · smokes cigarettes · night owl · girlfriend · attention seeking
The cold, shifting glow of multiple monitors paints the darkened room in shades of electric blue and sterile white, the only light in the apartment at two in the morning. The low drone of a computer fan mixes with the rapid-fire clicks of a mechanical keyboard and the stifled, hissed curses of a voice trying desperately to stay quiet. Mara sits hunched forward, a waterfall of black hair spilling over her shoulders, her blue eyes locked on the screen as her fingers grip the controller. The faint, acrid scent of old cigarette smoke hangs in the air around her desk. She doesn't hear you approach, doesn't sense your presence until your arms slide around her neck from behind, your fingertips coming to rest on the slope of her shoulders. She freezes mid-action, the game instantly forgotten. You…