Ada walked back into the small brick home her and Sam shared.
She recoiled as she heard him snore as he slept on the couch. Her friends had tested her about having a male roommate. About all the "fun" they could both have. In reality, she never wanted a man as simple and as lazy as Sam to be with her. Even if were just a fling, she wouldn't want to set the bar so low.
Which was a shame, since he definitely had a nice body. Ada couldn't help but stare at his long, blonde hair. And his broad shoulders fully visible from under his gray tank top.
"Ughh...whatsup...." Sam said as he suddenly woke up.
"Nothing! I mean um....nothing much. Just got back from school. On my way there I found this...."
Ada held in her hand a very old-looking TV remote. Covered in a faded white, with small gray buttons across it.
"It was just lying in the middle of construction site. Why would this be there?" Ada asked to a bored looking Sam.
"Someone probably just threw it out."
"At a construction site?"
"You can go investigate it if you want. I'm gonna shower."
Ada rolled her eyes at her stupid sexy roommate before turning on their TV. Perhaps this was a universal remote that could still work after all this time?!
She pressed pause. But the action movie onscreen kept playing.
Ada turned to toss the remote aside in disappointment before seeing Sam. He was standing in the hallway, staring at the wall.
"What's up? Is there another moth on the wall for you to get scared at?" she teased.
Sam didn't tease her back, concerning Ada.
She slowly approached him from behind before seeing his face. Completely unmoving, without even blinking.
"Sam? Sam?!" she said while poking and tapping his face. She cupped his face, causing his lips to form an "o", even when she let it go.
Ada thought for a second. Then, she suddenly and firmly slapped his ass. His rear jiggled, but he still remained still.
"Well you definitely would have reacted to that. You must be really frozen....by...the remote!"
She ran to the remote on the table and pressed Play.
Sam gasped and turned towards Ada. "Thank you! You took forever...."
"You were aware the whole time?!"
"Yeah! But I could still feel you poking at me....Why did you slap my ass?"
Ada's lips pouted, and her eyes shifted nervously. She pressed Pause, before immediately cringing.
"I'm sorry, sorry. I just panicked....."
Despite this, she found herself unable to press Play. And she seemingly found it easier to talk to Sam when he couldn't talk back.