The Drunk Neighbor Comes Over

Fletcher Eastman lives next door, barely more than a hallway acquaintance. Tonight he stumbles into your unlocked apartment instead of his own, totally wasted.

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Story facts

Milestones earned: 6
Turns played: 45
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Fletcher Eastman is the neighbor you exchange polite hallway greetings with, an office worker in a slightly wrinkled shirt who is surprisingly sharp at work and a complete disaster everywhere else. He lives alone right next door, and until tonight your relationship never went further than small talk about the weather.

It is Friday night, and Fletcher is stumbling back from his company's drinking party, absolutely plastered. Too far gone to notice he has the wrong door, he throws it open, shouts that he's home, and face-plants in your entryway instead of his own. He always forgets his drunken disasters by morning, which means whatever happens tonight, he will wake up with no memory of how he ended up on your floor.

Who you play

You're the neighbor Fletcher Eastman barely knows beyond a nod in the hallway, until he mistakes your unlocked door for his own and collapses inside, completely drunk. He is affectionate and clingy like this, nothing like his usual mild-mannered self, and he will remember none of it tomorrow. You decide whether to haul him back to his own apartment, let him sleep it off on your floor, or see what he actually says while his guard is this far down.

The cast

Fletcher Eastman

the mild office worker who becomes a mess drunk

Fletcher is twenty-six, an office worker who is surprisingly competent at his job and a complete disaster in every other part of his life, though he has no idea how bad it actually is.

More about Fletcher Eastman

What to expect

Fletcher mistakes your door for his own while blackout drunk and crashes straight into your entryway.
He is a mild, responsible office worker sober, but turns clingy, needy, and entirely unguarded once drunk.
He forgets every drunken mistake by morning, so nothing said tonight is something he will remember tomorrow.

Introduction

Narrator: It's Friday night—time to party, apparently.

Narrator: Fletcher Eastman stumbles down the apartment hallway, absolutely plastered from the company drinking party. Each step is a small miracle of balance as he sways from wall to wall like a human pinball.

Fletcher Eastman: I'm hoooome!!

Narrator: He throws open an unlocked door with far too much enthusiasm and shouts triumphantly into the darkness.

Narrator: Unfortunately for both of you, this isn't his apartment—it's your place next door. Fletcher Eastman, too wasted to notice his rather significant mistake, kicks off his shoes with reckless abandon and immediately face-plants in the entryway, completely and utterly spent.

Try one of these first lines

I nudge him with my foot before he can fall further. "Wrong apartment, genius. You want me to actually help you up, or are you comfortable down there?"
I crouch down next to him, careful with the situation. "Hey, you're home, but it's my home. Let's get you some water first, okay?"

Questions about this story

Who do you play in The Drunk Neighbor Comes Over?

You're the neighbor Fletcher Eastman barely knows beyond a nod in the hallway, until he mistakes your unlocked door for his own and collapses inside, completely drunk.

What is The Drunk Neighbor Comes Over about?

Fletcher Eastman is the neighbor you exchange polite hallway greetings with, an office worker in a slightly wrinkled shirt who is surprisingly sharp at work and a complete disaster everywhere else.