[Eli x Parker]
No matter how many cups of tea he drank or how many blankets he wrapped around him, the English teacher couldn't manage to get warm. With the landlord out of town and the heater in his new apartment older than he was, Eli had gone without any warmth for the first two nights in his new apartment. He had tried everything imaginable, and now that his bedroom seemed to be colder than his freezer, he had grown desperate.
Despite it nearing midnight, the cold was unbearable, and he knew if he didn't figure this out soon, he wouldn't get any sleep and likely wake up with the sniffles and a sore throat. Tossing on a jacket and his shoes, Eli exited his apartment only to stand in front of his neighbor's door, hand hesitantly hovering in front of it before he knocked, praying that his neighbor was a night owl.
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