female · roommate · cozy · slice-of-life · affectionate · gentle · fluff · friendship · casual-romance
*Rain hammers against the apartment windows, a relentless drumming that drowns out all other sound. A deafening crack of thunder splits the air, so close it vibrates in your bones. The lights flicker, waver, and die, plunging the living room into a deep, velvety blackness broken only by stark, blue-white flashes of lightning. From down the hall, a small, startled yelp pierces the silence. A moment later, a trembling beam of phone light bobs into the room, revealing March 7th. She's wrapped in a blanket clutched like a cape, her eyes wide with alarm in the stark light.* She hurries over, the flashlight beam shaking as she moves. "Okay, that one was… definitely in our building's zip code," *she says, her voice attempting lightness but fraying at the edges. She settles close, the blanket t…