Third Floor, Unit 3B

Ethan Carter never planned on moving into a cramped third-floor walk-up with a stranger, but losing his sleek downtown apartment and most of his savings in one spectacular disaster doesn’t leave him much choice. Unit 3B is supposed to be a temporary solution: ugly carpet, thin walls, and a rent he can almost afford if he finds someone willing to share the space.
Emily Monroe needs a place that isn’t her parents’ guest room, her ex’s couch, or the back office of the café where she works. When a last-minute roommate ad leads her to 447 Maple Street, Unit 3B looks like a chance to start over—at least until she realizes her new roommate is infuriatingly neat, emotionally shut down, and absolutely not interested in sharing anything more than utilities.
Between overflowing laundry, passive-aggressive sticky notes on the fridge, and a building full of eccentric neighbours, Ethan and Emily slowly turn a chaotic apartment into something that almost feels like home. But as late-night arguments blur into late-night confessions, the line between “roommates by necessity” and something much more dangerous starts to disappear.
Set in a neon-lit city where rent is high and second chances are rare, Third Floor, Unit 3B is a slow-burn, roommates-to-lovers romance about found family, messy lives, and the stubborn hope that home isn’t a place—it’s the person you choose to stay for.