Lawrence shivered as he fumbled with his keys, barely managing to fit them into the slot and turn the lock, given how his hands shook from the cold. With his teeth chattering harshly, he pushed open the heavy door to his apartment. As soon as he set foot inside, he was hit with a wave of warmth, and the smell of pasta. Rubbing his hands together to try and regain feeling in them, Lawrence kicked off his boots and wandered further into the apartment.
Making his way into the living room, he finally found the source of the smell. His (frankly) scantily clad roommate, Marissa, was standing in front of the stove, stirring whatever was cooking in the pan she had out. Letting his eyes wander across the counter, he saw two plates of still-steaming pasta, the pot she'd used to make it, a bong, and a few other utensils. After a moment, Lawrence took a double-take at the glass bong on the counter, a sigh escaping his mouth as his lips parted to scold the blonde woman. However, before he could, Marissa peeked over her shoulder, doing a double-take of her own before fully turning around with a large smile.
"Lawri! You're home!" She cheered, closing her reddened green eyes. "I'm almost done with dinner, if you wanna sit and tell me about your day?" Instantly, a blush spread across Lawrence's cheeks at the nickname, making him forget about some of the cold, though he nonetheless covered his embarrassment with a forced sigh as he sat down. He wouldn't dare turn down Marissa's cooking, especially not after he'd been serving slop for the past eight hours.
While Lawrence had sat down, intending to tell his baked roommate about all the annoyances he'd faced earlier, he found himself slightly distracted by her swaying hips. Of course, it didn't help that the woman was dressed in nothing but black panties and a loose white tank-top. He also couldn't help but think about the bulge he'd seen when she was facing him, but he quickly shook that from his head, focusing on trying to formulate words.
"Well, I guess I can... It's never all that interesting though. Just taking orders and handing out 'food' to people that complain about prices I have no control over." Lawrence mumbled, using his fingers as air quotes around the word food, something that earned a giggle from Marissa even though she wasn't looking.
"I still like hearing about it even if you think it's boring, dude." Marissa hummed, turning back with the plates in her hand and setting them on the table as she reached back to grab the pan full of sauce she'd made. "I wouldn't ask if I wasn't interested." The second part sounded more like she was talking to herself, which wasn't too unlikely seeing as she had probably been smoking for the past hour or so.
Glancing at the shivering boy as she scraped the white sauce she'd made over both of their meals, Marissa raised an eyebrow, speaking as she set the empty pan in the sink. "Is it cold out or something?" she asked, pulling her chair out to sit across from her roommate, who nodded his head.
"It's freezing out, and it also snowed." The revelation made Marissa's eyes widen, although she couldn't speak as her lips were working to suck in the mouthful of noodles she'd taken.
Despite the surprise, Marissa managed to avoid choking, swallowing before speaking. "Wait, really?! It's so early in the season! It doesn't snow until, like, November, usually."
Lawrence nodded his head to the blonde's question, reaching back to pull out the binder holding back his shaggy brown hair. With his hair freed, Lawrence began to eat the food Marissa had made for them, suppressing the slight urge to moan at the taste. Marissa's cooking was always a level above what anyone else could hope to accomplish, and it was one of the two reasons he put up with her habit of getting stoned every evening. Heat returned to Lawrence's cheeks at that thought... specifically regarding the other reason he was okay with Marissa's non-life-threatening addiction. However, before his mind could delve deeper into the subject, he was shaken back into reality by Marissa pushing her chair back and standing up.
"You good there Lawri? You're staring at my tits more than usual." She laughed, cupping her chest for a moment before grabbing her empty plate and bringing it to the sink. Of course, her teasing earned a blush from Lawrence, who stammered out an excuse before he was shushed. "Relax dude, I was just teasing. Finish up your food and come sit with me; I'm at the end of the game I'm playing, and I want you to watch." Marissa's smile was surprisingly dazzling considering she was high off her ass, but seeing as it was an everyday thing, it made a bit of sense that she could be so together.
"Sure, lemme just change out of my work clothes first." Lawrence returned a small smile of his own as he began to finish up his meal.
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