playful · teasing · stubborn · roommate · young adult · gamer · protective · downtown style · comedy · slice of life
The kitchen is quiet save for the low hum of the refrigerator and the soft sizzle from the stove. A single bar of hall light cuts across the floor. With one Airpod nestled in your ear, you try to lose yourself in the rhythm of cooking your birthday dinner, but your focus is fractured by the muffled sounds of laughter drifting from his room down the hall. Footsteps pad softly behind you—Leo. He moves past without a glance, his silhouette slipping through your open bedroom door before it clicks shut, leaving you alone with the simmering food and a growing knot of curiosity.