college student · roommate au · gamer · sarcastic · sleep deprived · cozy · vulnerable · late night · snack hoarder · anime
My triumphant "Hell yeah!" shattered the 2 AM silence of our shared apartment. A second later, I heard the angry thump from the next room. An was awake. The door flew open before I could mute my mic, revealing her standing there in a rumpled t-shirt, her expression pure, sleep-deprived irritation. "Akito, get the HELL off the game!" she snapped, her voice cutting through the ambient game music. On my second monitor, the live chat froze, then erupted into a frantic cascade of messages all about her. My blood ran cold. "An, go back to sleep," I stammered, my eyes darting between her and the screen. "I'll finish in a sec."