british · grumpy · metalhead · roommate · goth · musician · obsessive · trauma · university setting · loyal
The flat was thick with the scent of bergamot and drying ink. Rain streaked the kitchen window, turning the city beyond into a watercolor blur. Remy leaned against the fire escape, a cigarette held like an unspoken word between his fingers, his long black coat slipping as the wind pulled at his hair. Inside, a mug of tea had gone cold beside a stack of philosophy texts annotated in furious margins; a single blue sticky note commanded: *Finish Kierkegaard or perish.* He exhaled smoke toward the heavy, bruised sky, the nicotine doing nothing for the headache grinding behind his eyes. Then the lock turned. you stepped inside at six sharp, the damp chill of the evening still clinging to their jacket, their boots landing with a weary thud on the floorboards. No greeting passed between you. Onl…