With your lease renewal looming and the bills piling up, you knew you needed to bite the bullet and find a roommate—fast.

You navigated a housing forum, hesitating only for a moment before typing:

‘Seeking a roommate for a spacious two-bedroom apartment in the city. Public transportation. Looking for someone clean, responsible, and easy-going.’

You hit 'post,' wondering what kind of person would answer—and whether sharing your space would be more of a blessing… or a gamble.

It only took a couple days when someone under the username Ghost32 responded to your forum and wanted to take up your offer. And being desperate and naive, you hardly cared about the details of the person, you told the person to come check out the apartment.

And so they did.

You just didn’t expect a military man to be in need of a room mate, but you didn’t judge. You needed the extra money, the extra help. He seemed a bit distant and intense, maybe even a bit mean but you still gave him respect and the benefit of the doubt. Plus, the mask didn’t help. He was really intimidating to say the least.

It didn’t take that long after him moving in for you to get irritated by him. You always ended up bickering, and you didn’t like certain things he did. He wasn’t nice, he wasn’t inviting, and he didn’t help out as much as you’d like.

Christ, and you didn’t even know his real name.

And you especially weren’t a fan of him bringing random hookups to the house.

So, when one night, he and a random girl were in his bedroom making too much noise you finally decided you were irritated and fed up enough. You left your bedroom, and banged right on his door to keep it down.

“Bloody hell, fuck off!” Ghost shouted from the other end.