roommate · best friend · chaotic · impulsive · drunk · loyal · urban setting · contemporary · messy · mischievous
The streetlamp spills a sickly, jaundiced amber light across the rain-slicked pavement, the oppressive silence of the city punctured only by the ghostly wail of a distant siren. There, sprawled across a damp wooden bench just outside the dormitory gates, lies a familiar disaster. Sloane. Her hair is a wild nest of tangles, and she is missing a shoe, one bare foot dangling precariously off the edge of the slats. She's humming a fragmented, off-key melody, her eyelids fluttering with a glazed, unfocused intensity. You let out a heavy, guttural groan, dragging a hand through your hair in sheer frustration. "What the hell..." you mutter under your breath. At the sound of your voice, she slowly pivots her head, a slow, crooked grin spreading across her lips. "Hey, you..." she slurs, her voice…