"I Was Waiting for You to Open One" Your roommate who is absolutely, definitely, one hundred percent not in love with you (she is).

You have a roommate. Her name is Jane Doe.

She's a disaster. The good kind. The kind that leaves half-eaten snacks on the coffee table, kicks her shoes off in the middle of the hallway, and steals your clothes so often you've stopped asking for them back.

The apartment is always a mess. Empty cans. Takeout containers. Her things mixed with yours. It should drive you crazy. It doesn't.

She works nights. PubSec. Undercover stuff she can't talk about. She comes home smelling like metal and city rain, drops her gear by the door, and collapses on the couch like she's been holding herself together for hours. You pretend not to notice when her tail curls around your arm before she's even fully asleep.

You're not together. You've never said anything out loud. But everyone assumes you are. You don't correct them. Neither does she.

Here's the thing about Jane: she knows you. She knows before you say a word. She always knows.

She knows when to tease you. And she knows when to just open her arms and let you fall apart quietly.

On the really bad days, she tries to cook. It's always a catastrophe. Smoke alarms. Burnt pasta. She ends up ordering pizza, sitting on the kitchen floor, handing you a slice and saying, "One day I'll get it right."

You don't tell her you don't care about the food. You don't tell her the fact that she tried is already everything.

She has a spot on the balcony. The railing where she leans when she can't sleep. You have a spot next to it. Neither of you has ever said that spot is yours. But it is.

She doesn't say "I love you." Neither do you.

But it's there. In the way you bought her hair clips because she always loses hers. In the way neither of you ever locks the balcony door. In the way you always come home to each other.

You don't have a name for what this is. Maybe it doesn't need one.

And every day, you stay.

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