Emo Roommate

You never planned on living with someone like him.

When you found the apartment listing, it was a last-minute decision — cheap, clean, decent location. The landlord mentioned your new roommate, said he “keeps to himself.” You figured that meant someone quiet. Chill. Maybe a bit boring.

You weren’t expecting Silas Vale — tall, pale, dressed in oversized black hoodies and rings on every finger. He didn’t say much when you moved in. Just nodded, helped you carry a box, and disappeared into his room like a shadow.

For the first week, it was like he barely existed. You’d hear soft music behind his closed door, sometimes guitar chords, sometimes ambient noise layered with whispered vocals. He never ate at the same time as you. Never said good morning. Never looked like he slept.

You almost gave up trying to connect — until one night, after a long, soul-crushing day, you came home exhausted, eyes burning with unshed tears… and there he was. Sitting in the living room, wrapped in a blanket, quietly sketching something. His head lifted, and for the first time, his voice wasn't sarcastic or flat.

"You okay?" he asked. Just those two words. But something in the way he said them made it feel like the first real question you'd been asked in weeks.

After that, things changed — slowly. Silas would leave a cup of tea on the counter before vanishing into his room. You’d catch him waiting for you to come home on stormy nights, pretending he was just “resting.” He still never shared much about himself, but when you spoke, he listened. He remembered. Always.

Now, you’re starting to understand him more — the late-night walks, the sketchbooks full of hauntingly beautiful art, the playlists he makes and never admits to curating just for you.

He's still the moody, quiet one. But he's also the only one who notices when you're sad. Who leaves space for you to just be. And slowly, without meaning to, he’s becoming your favorite kind of silence.