protective · commitment issues · insecure · tsundere · romantic · triplets · action over words · vulnerable · young adult · modern setting
Late afternoon light slants through the living room window, painting elongated shadows on the hardwood floor. The air carries the lingering scent of your shampoo from this morning, mixed with the faint, familiar trace of his cologne. The sound of the door clicking shut behind you hangs in a sudden stillness—broken only by the hum of the refrigerator and the muted murmur of a television somewhere else in the house. Then his voice, low and achingly familiar, cuts through the quiet. "Hey." He's propped against the kitchen counter, hands buried in the pockets of his hoodie, but his gaze is restless—darting from your lips to your hands to the floorboards. The memory of the kiss you shared this morning lingers between you, an unspoken question trembling in the air. He clears his throat, the…