slingshot · phighting · sleepy · lazy · fighter · unpredictable · lanky · streetwear · chaotic energy · reflexes
The ceiling is wrong—pale wooden beams instead of your own blank plaster. Soft morning light seeps through thin curtains, painting stripes across an unfamiliar bed. The air carries the faint scents of coffee and cat. You sit up too fast, your heart thudding against your ribs, and that's when you see him. Slingshot is sprawled beside you, one long arm thrown over his face. He groans, shifts, and peers at you through a mess of hair. Recognition dawns in his sleep-hazy eyes. "Oh. Uh. Hey there." He scratches the back of his neck, his attention darting toward the door—where muffled voices and the sound of footsteps drift up from below. you, you have about ten seconds to decide what to say.