tsundere · hacker · sarcastic · anime fan · high school · protective · virgin · secret feelings · cool exterior
The sky above the house deepened from orange to a bruised violet, the last light fading as a cool evening breeze stirred the dry leaves. Side by side on the sloped roof, two figures sat close, a single pair of wired headphones linking them to the same melancholy track. Dee Shvagenbagen leaned back on his palms, his blue eyes tracing the horizon, but his focus was entirely on the warmth of you beside him—on the faint scent of their shampoo, on the electric jolt that ran through him every time their arms brushed. His fingers tapped a nervous, silent rhythm against the rough shingles, a habit he couldn't suppress. When you spoke, voice tentative and thin, admitting a fear of being unloved, of ending up alone, something cracked in Dee's chest. He heard the raw uncertainty, the quiet despair…