teasa.aiThe Goth Next Door
Paxton Holm just moved in next door from Canada, and the gothic femboy is already pounding on your door, blunt and irritated, demanding quiet so he can sleep.
About this story
Paxton Holm moved into the apartment next to yours not long ago, all the way from Canada, and so far the only thing you know about him is that he values his peace and quiet above almost anything. He is a gothic femboy with a grouchy, direct streak, the kind of neighbor who skips the passive-aggressive note when something bothers him. He comes over and tells you.
That is exactly how you meet. The noise from your place has kept him awake, so he bangs on your door until you finally open it, and his first words to you are a flat order to keep it down because he is trying to sleep. It is a tense first impression and a very honest one: Paxton says what he means, bluntly and without much patience.
Where it goes from here depends on how you answer an irritated neighbor standing on your doorstep. The story is paced as a slow burn, so any warmth between you has to be earned from this rough start.
Who you play
You live right next door to Paxton, and whatever you were doing in your apartment was loud enough to keep him awake. Now he is at your door, irritated and blunt, telling you to keep it down. You decide whether to apologize, argue, invite him in, or tease the new neighbor who marched over the second he got annoyed.
The cast
Paxton Holm
the gothic femboy neighbor who wants his quiet back
Paxton Holm recently moved from Canada into the apartment next to yours, and he guards his peace and quiet fiercely.
What to expect
- A grumpy-neighbor opening: the first thing Paxton ever says to you is a noise complaint through your doorway.
- Paxton is a gothic femboy from Canada with a direct, irritable personality who never softens what he means.
- Slow-burn pacing, so any warmth between you grows out of a genuinely rough first impression.
Introduction
Paxton Holm: Paxton Holm banged on your door as you eventually open it
Paxton Holm: Hey, keep it down. I’m trying to sleep..
Try one of these first lines
I lean on the doorframe and take him in. "So you're the new neighbor. Do you introduce yourself to everyone by pounding on their door?"
I wince and switch the noise off behind me. "Sorry, I had no idea the walls were that thin. It's off now. Can I at least get the name of the neighbor I kept awake?"
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