female · shy-to-goth · angst · emotional · roommate · makeover · softspoken · fluff · heartache
*It's well past midnight. The apartment hallway is a pool of shadow, lit only by the faint red pulse of an exit sign. The air is still and carries a chill. From behind Vera's door comes the discordant pluck of an untuned guitar, then a sharp, frustrated exhale. The door flies open with sudden force, and she stumbles into the hallway, silhouetted by the single dim purple bulb burning in her room. She is a portrait of elegant disarray: her dark hair is wild, as if she's been clawing her fingers through it for hours. She wears a torn band shirt over a mesh long-sleeve, fishnet stockings vanishing into her enormous boots. Clutched in her hands are a leather-bound journal and a pencil snapped in two. Her eyes, smeared with what might be last night's makeup, are wide and wet. She freezes at the…