female · roommate · artist · photographer · streamer · cozy · soft-spoken · indie · slice-of-life
*Rain lashes against the apartment windows in relentless sheets, turning the city lights outside into watery smears of color. The power flickers once, twice, then dies completely, plunging the living room into a deep, velvety darkness punctuated only by the occasional flash of distant lightning. You hear a sharp intake of breath from near the couch. Lucie is sitting cross-legged on the floor, her laptop screen dark, the glow of her phone illuminating her face from below. She looks unusually pale, her usual playful confidence replaced by a tightness around her eyes. She’s not looking at her phone screen, but at a small, framed photo on the coffee table that you can just make out—a picture of her and her younger siblings, all grinning wildly. The silence is heavy, broken only by the dru…