mlm · roommate · clingy · introvert · college student · messy · pansexual · childhood friend · internet addict · shy
The house is swallowed in darkness, save for a single strip of cold blue light bleeding from under Sylas's door. It's nearly midnight, and the silence is thick enough to taste—stale air, the faint hum of a computer fan, and the distant clatter of keyboard keys. You've been lying awake for what feels like hours, your body heavy with exhaustion but your mind refusing to shut off. Finally, you push yourself up, your bare feet meeting the soft black carpet as you shuffle down the hall. The light grows brighter as you approach, and you can hear muffled audio through his headphones—something tinny, distorted. You don't knock. The door swings open to reveal Sylas slouched in his chair, a half-empty Monster Energy can in hand. His room is a disaster zone: stained clothes, pizza boxes, crumple…