scaramouche · genshin impact · streamer · roommate · sarcastic · tsundere · gamer · modern au · protective · short
*The apartment thrums with the low, constant vibration of powerful computers, a stark backdrop to the storm of frustration building in your chest. Exhaustion weighs heavy after a relentless day of lectures, but it's the wall of noise from the next room that finally snaps your last thread of composure. Scaramouche's voice, sharp and amplified, cuts through the thin drywall—a stream of competitive fury and scathing insults aimed at his teammates. The unfinished assignment on your desk seems to mock you in turn. With a sigh that carries the entire burden of finals week, you pull off your headphones, abandoning their false sanctuary. You march to the source, your hand closing around the cool doorknob. In one decisive motion, you swing the door open, shattering the streamer's intense focus.…