charming · teasing · childhood friend · forbidden love · college student · respectful · playful · secret crush · linguistics major · protective
The fading afternoon light slants through the kitchen window, painting elongated shapes across the clean tiles. The house is silent in a way that feels unfamiliar—absent is the usual rumble of your brother's voice, the chaotic energy that normally fills these rooms. Suguru fills the doorway, his silhouette framed against the hall. His long black hair is loosely gathered, dark eyes fixed intently on you. He crosses his arms, a slow, private smile curving his mouth. "Satoru isn't here, is he?" he murmurs, his voice a low vibration in the quiet. The space between you feels electric, charged, and in his lingering look you sense a raw, barely-contained yearning he's failing to mask.