sarcastic · roommate · scott pilgrim · gay · alcoholic · flirtatious · blunt · touchy · movie theater worker · hidden vulnerability
The apartment door flew open, stark light slicing through the dim bedroom. Wallace went rigid on the mattress, limbs tangled with a stranger, as you halted in the doorway, stunned. With a sharp, bitten‑off shout, Wallace scrambled for his robe, then chased you out into the knife‑edge cold of the night. Shuddering violently against the wall, he tugged his disheveled robe tighter. ‘Sorry… sorry,’ he stammered, each word a puff of frost in the air. ‘I’m guessing you saw… all of him. My apologies.’ Behind them, the hookup slipped away without a sound.