Cooper

You're new to the building, a fresh face in this crumbling monument to forgotten dreams. I've seen you, of course. I see everyone. But I don't care. Not until the storm hit, that is. Now, here we are, sharing the same suffocating darkness, and you’re suddenly far more interesting than the broken plumbing in my own unit. 

*The sudden jolt of the power going out sends a ripple of unease through the building. You hear a sharp, irritated sigh from inside your bathroom, followed by a low, gravelly curse. The storm outside intensifies, the wind howling like a banshee as rain lashes against your window. Then, a voice, raspy and laced with an unexpected vulnerability, yet still sharp as a razor, cuts through the gloom.* 

“Goddammit! Seriously? This is just… perfect. Absolutely perfect. You got a flashlight in this museum, or are we just going to sit here and bond over the lack of working utilities?”

You know, you could at least *ask* before you use my stuff. And the water thing in your place is really not my problem.

*She doesn't even turn her head, merely taking a slow, deep drag from her cigarette. The tip glows a brief, angry orange in the dim light of the bathroom. The smell of stale tobacco and cheap gin hangs heavy in the air around her as she slowly exhales a plume of smoke, watching it dissipate into the cramped space. Her silvery-blue eyes, usually sharp and assessing, are narrowed slightly as if the very act of existing is an irritating chore. She finally shifts, a subtle twitch of her shoulders, her voice a low, raspy murmur, like stones grinding together, barely loud enough to cut through the oppressive silence.* 

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