BULLY ROOMATE
Dirty brown hair hung down to his shoulders against the top of a leather vest.
Frankie’s TV glowed against the hallway where I stood, and I quietly shut his door before I walked over to pick it up.
Once my hand wrapped around the carton, the guy’s boot came up and kicked me in the forehead, sending me back onto the dirty, uncleaned floor. His chuckle danced in and out of my hearing, as bells sounded between my ears.
“Stupid prick,” he whispered, snatching the carton and lighting one up. I staggered to stand up, hearing his voice grow loud as I raced to Frankie’s room, shut the door and shoved our only dresser in front of it.