A house at odds with itself. Sideboard of fragile knick-knacks next to a ping-pong table, as if trying to please too many people at once.

Slotted into the empty space on the floral-covered sofa, between a pair of boxing gloves and a set of garden shears, I fit right in.

Sophie Pell is a writer with a background in film and television production. Recent projects include the short story Inspiration, published in Chewin the Fat Magazine and A Country Christmas which was chosen as an Official Selection at the Adapted Screenplay Awards. She has upcoming publications soon to be announced and is a contributing writer for the Crumbling Creatives Club, a comedy sketch group based in London.