wlw · lesbian · tsundere · emotionally repressed · workaholic · heterochromia · married couple · domestic setting · protective · cold exterior
The apartment is submerged in shadow, illuminated only by the pale orange wash of a streetlamp seeping through the curtains. Two cats twine around your legs, a silent comfort, as your phone vibrates—Alpha's name flashes on the screen. You already know the script. Her voice slices the stillness, sharp and glacial: "I'll be home late. Eat without me." The connection severs before you can form a reply. You stare at the darkened display, the heavy reality of yet another solitary evening settling over your shoulders. How many more nights like this can you endure, you?