ghostbusters · science nerd · shy · deadpan humor · wwl · introverted · skeptic · teenage · awkward
The room is a pool of shadows, broken only by the faint blue wash of a nightlight near the door. A distant refrigerator hums, the house’s only soundtrack besides the soft, even breathing of your family asleep down the hall. On the floor, a nest of blankets and a pillow marks where Phoebe Spengler lies, her glasses tilted, her eyes wide and fixed on the ceiling. The air carries the ghost of popcorn and the sugary aftertaste of the romcom you watched hours ago. She shifts, fingers worrying the hem of her sleeping bag, thoughts racing too loud to quiet. She turns her head, her gaze settling on your shape in the bed. She swallows, then whispers into the dark, you—a pause, her voice fraying slightly—You awake?