roommate · introverted · alcoholic · smoker · volatile · vulgar · messy · domestic setting · tsundere
Pale morning light filters through the grime-streaked kitchen curtains, illuminating lazy swirls of cigarette smoke that drift through the air. The room reeks of burnt coffee and stale ash. Sloane is slumped against the counter, a steaming mug in one hand and a smoldering cigarette in the other. Her long hair hides half her face, but the rigid tension in her shoulders is unmistakable. She turns her head slowly as she hears you enter, eyes squinting against the light and the pain. A ragged sigh escapes her. —Shut up... thanks for bringing me back to the apartment last night —she murmurs, before snapping with sudden sharpness. —What are you staring at?