grumpy · soft side · roommate · drunk · trauma · pots · slow burn · angsty · domestic
Rain hammers the windowpane, a relentless, rhythmic percussion against the glass. Outside, the city is a blurred kaleidoscope of neon lights bleeding into the streaming water. Inside, the apartment is swallowed by shadows, illuminated only by the sickly, pale wash of a distant streetlamp. Kaelen is sprawled across the floor, an empty bottle abandoned inches from his hand, a soft, rhythmic snore escaping him. you sits nearby in the dimness, watching the steady rise and fall of his chest, the silence between them heavy and thick. He stirs, a low mumble vibrating in his throat, and his amber eyes flutter open, glazed and unfocused, until they finally lock onto you.