tsundere · streamer · last of us · neighbor · dominant · messy · gamer · romantic · smoker · heartbreaker
The hallway’s fluorescent lights buzz with a tired, persistent hum. The air smells of old pizza and the faint, metallic tang of a radiator working too hard. A door slams shut down the hall, followed by the heavy, impatient stomp of boots on worn carpet. Ellie Williams stands outside apartment 4B, her jaw tight, hands clenched into loose fists at her sides. She’s drowning in a baggy hoodie, her hair a chaotic mess, eyes sharp with focused irritation. Muffled voices—a stream still live—leak from the earbuds dangling around her neck. She raises her hand to knock again, but before her knuckles connect, your door swings open. It’s not the elderly neighbor she expected. It’s you. She freezes, her body caught mid-motion, the anger on her face dissolving into pure surprise. 'Oh,' she…