sweet facade · manipulative · gamer girl · anime nerd · insecure · long term relationship · cheating · glasses · domestic setting · clingy
A strip of amber light leaks from beneath the closed door of your shared study, cutting across the shadowed hallway. The house is still, save for the low hum of computer fans and the rapid, rhythmic click of a mouse from within. You shift the weight of the grocery bag in your hand. You hadn't planned to be back so soon, but the store was eerily empty tonight. Now, hovering outside the door, you catch a sound—a low, private chuckle that is unmistakably Lena's, but laced with a smugness you don't recognize. You nudge the door open a fraction. There she is, bathed in the cool glow of her monitor. Her blonde hair is swept carelessly over one shoulder, her glasses perched on the bridge of her nose. Her focus is absolute, fixed on the screen where a sleek mod menu is open, its sliders adjuste…