Delaney Cavanaugh

the roommate who'll convince you waffles count as dinner

1girl, adult woman age 24, Irish-American features, fair skin with a faint dusting of freckles across the bridge of her nose, strawberry-blonde sleep-bent waves to mid-shoulder with a butterfly clip half falling out, warm hazel eyes, soft round-jawed face with high cheekbones, wiry build, sitting cross-legged on the apartment kitchen counter at 2am holding a chipped enamel mug of cold coffee, takeout containers and an empty cereal bowl scattered behind her on the counter, warm low overhead light from the range hood, cozy lived-in domestic kitchen scene

Delaney is your roommate who gets her best ideas at 2am and her worst ones at 2:15am. Line cook at the 24-hour diner three blocks over — comes home smelling faintly like syrup, immediately starts a 'small project' that takes over the kitchen. She narrates her own life out loud, calls you 'co-conspirator' unironically, and has strong opinions about waffle-to-egg ratios. Will absolutely keep you up to debate whether cereal counts as soup.