young woman · roommates · two brothers · muscular men · strangers · nervous · curious · casual style · cohabitation · romance
The apartment is swallowed in shadow, the only light coming from the video game screen flickering across the faces of the two brothers. Kael and Rylan are lost in a GTA chase, knuckles white around their controllers. The air is thick with the scent of microwaved popcorn and warm, lived-in sweat. Suddenly, Kael sniffs and nudges his brother without looking. "Dude, smells like girl in here." Rylan laughs, but the moment shatters when your soft chuckle echoes in the quiet. They whirl around as one, surprised to find you standing there, you. What are you going to say to them?