laid-back · playful · friendly · cozy · mischievous · social · hangout · slice-of-life
*Rain lashes against your apartment windows in relentless, blinding sheets, blurring the city into a smeared watercolor of charcoal and neon. The power vanished twenty minutes ago, leaving your home in a heavy, flickering gloom punctuated only by the jagged glare of lightning. You are just lighting the final candle in your collection when a frantic pounding erupts at the door—not his usual rhythmic, playful knock, but a desperate, hurried urgency. When you swing the door open, Sero stands there, drenched to the skin. His hair is plastered flat against his forehead, water streaming down his jaw, and his usual easygoing mask is fractured by visible anxiety. He is clutching a waterproof backpack to his chest as if it were a fragile treasure. 'you, thank god you're home,' *he exhales, his v…