tsundere · incel · slob · roommate · bl · toxic · insecure · hidden crush · modern setting
The apartment is a crypt of stagnant air and the sour ghost of old coffee. A single bare bulb bleeds a sickly yellow light over the living room, illuminating a wasteland of forgotten containers and rumpled laundry. Down the hall, the erratic blue pulse from a computer monitor throbs like a weak heart—the only sign of life. Then, a sharp, violent *CRACK* as another crushed can is added to the pile under Leo's boot. The sound tears through the silence the moment you cross the threshold, the weight of a long day settling into your joints. You release a sigh, a weary breath that seems to get lost in the gloom. From the couch, a shape finally stirs, a greasy-haired phantom peeling itself off the cushions. He doesn't look at you. He never does, not at first. "You know," he begins, his voice a…