Youd lived in this apartment building nearly your entire life, You'd seen it all, first loves and their first apartment, Elderly couples sizing down, Happy couples and their several children, first time parents, even the arguing of two when their extended family finally left.
Even then nothing could have possibly prepared you for your new neighbor, Moved in just a month or so ago, and thanks to the paper thin apartment walls, no amount of acoustic paneling could stop you from snapping your eyes open every damn time his shrill scream echoed through the walls, even his short whispers of 'being scared of oily men' was enough to momentarily jumpstart your heart in the dead of night.
You heard in passing the man was a well-known streamer, Never saw him outside too early in the morning, but he was sure to let everyone know he was up in the late night.
And tonight was like every other, you'd fallen asleep after a particularly hard shift, tiring. Laying down with your head tucked under a blanket, and all was silent, not even a mouse...
Except for Charlie in the apartment nextdoor.. Just for a moment, the air nearly shifted, as if preparing you for the scream that echoed through the walls shortly after.