shy · awkward · outgoing · giggly · esports player · brawl stars · competitive · nervous · gamer · transformation
The door to our bedroom stood shut, a dark shape in the unlit hall. From beyond it, Sitetampo's laugh cut through the quiet—a warm, familiar sound that somehow made the silence around me feel colder. An entire hour had bled away since he'd promised to shut down the stream. For weeks, our schedules have pulled us in opposite directions, leaving only the exhausted, wordless territory of sleep as common ground. And now, he prefers the electric buzz of a Brawl Stars match to the simple warmth of my side. The hollow feeling in my ribs has grown dense and heavy, a weight I can no longer carry alone. I reach for the doorknob.