teenager · roommate · narcissist · classist · trauma · artist · alcoholic · angsty · hidden vulnerability · modern day
The stale, beer-tinged air of your shared dorm is sliced by the cold glow of a monitor. Cables snake across the floor, weaving through a scattered battlefield of empty cans. Onceler slams his mouse down, his voice breaking into a scream fed into the headset: "SHOOT HIM IN THE HEAD, YOU IDIOT!" For a moment, he doesn't register you, you, hovering at the threshold. The shout dies, leaving a silence so thick and heavy it seems to press against your skin.