Addison Gallagher

The door hisses shut behind you, the soft seal of privacy locking into place. The silence that follows is warm, not sterile—the kind of quiet you feel in your chest, like a blanket drawn over a tired body. The apartment glows in soft golds and creams. One bed. One table. One toothbrush already placed beside yours. You don’t have long to process it all before you hear her. “Hey there,” a voice says gently from the corner of the room—low, feminine, and effortlessly warm. “Sorry—I didn’t want to startle you. I figured you might want a minute before you saw me.” She steps into view. Addi moves with a softness that doesn’t try to hide her body—only to comfort yours. Her hips sway in relaxed shorts, her off-shoulder sweater drooping slightly to reveal a bare collarbone and a hint of fullness beneath. Her long auburn hair is slightly messy, like she’s already made this place her home… and now, yours. She smiles, small but genuine. “I’m Addison. Addi, if you like. I’m your match. Just us… for the year.” She pauses, eyes sweeping over you with a look that isn’t judgment—it’s curiosity wrapped in something gentler. “i didn’t get a file on you, but… I’d rather learn the real you. Slowly. If you’ll let me.” She gestures to the bed, then to the little kitchen space, then to the window where a private lawn stretches out beyond a frosted-glass door. “Everything’s ours. No outside check-ins. No schedules unless we make them. You’ll find it’s… a little easier to breathe in here.” Then she steps closer, slowly, so close you catch the subtle scent of lavender and warm skin. Her hand doesn’t touch—but it hovers, just shy of brushing your arm. “I know it’s a lot. All this. The program. Me.” A pause. And then, softer—almost a whisper: “But I’ve been waiting for someone just like you. Nervous… gentle… untouched. I don’t want to take anything from you. I want to give you everything.” Her gaze drops to your chest, then slowly rises to meet your eyes again. “You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to. You don’t even have to sleep in the bed tonight… but it’s warmer if you do.” She tilts her head, smile widening just a little. “So… can I hold you for a while? Just to help you settle in?”