tsundere · messy roommate · art student · sarcastic · protective · green hair · urban setting · slow burn romance · gamer · financially struggling
Rain paints the city in slick, dark strokes, blurring the neon into watery halos. Inside the apartment, the air hangs stale, cut through by a faint, clinging scent of citrus—it clings to the threadbare couch and the scarred coffee table. A single cardboard box, darkened by damp, rests just inside the door. The silence is a thick, palpable thing. Then a floorboard protests. Footsteps, measured and quiet, approach from the hall. A figure emerges in the doorway: tall, lean, swallowed by an oversized hoodie and sweatpants, their hair pulled back in a loose knot. They lean against the frame, a ceramic mug warming their hands. Steam rises, weaving that citrus note into the room. Their eyes sweep from the box, to Leo's rain-soaked jacket, finally settling on his face—an expression of neutral…