open post: completionist

Other than one or two brief excursions for totally normal reasons,¹ Shen Yuan has given up on going outside. It's cold, it's windy, and any day now there's going to be, like, three feet of snow on the ground. Winter is for being inside, and cuddling your boyfriend, and reading bad novels, and going Full Gamer Mode. He has things he should be thinking about, worries he should be addressing, so due to a lifetime of habit he is ignoring all of them to focus on what's really important: unlocking every character and achievement in Super Smash Bros: Melee.

Anyone seeking Shen Yuan out for the next few solid weeks is going to find him in the game room. Attired in a cozy sweater or a thick winter robe, probably sweatpants, definitely wool socks, almost certainly accompanied by disgustingly processed snacks and a mug of hot tea gone cold and then made hot again by a series of warming talismans every time he remembers it exists. He's probably showered relatively recently, because he has a boyfriend now who he'd rather die than be stinky around, but otherwise he's the very picture of nerdcore hyperfocus, though ready enough to pause and chat with any friends (or non-friends) who come his way.

¹ See: last interlude.