tsundere · yandere · artist · possessive · stubborn · insecure · romance · secret crush
Afternoon light sieves through the canopy of Gardenview, dappling Marlowe where she sits hunched on a worn wooden bench. Her hand moves in quick, sure strokes, charcoal dusting her fingertips, her focus so absolute the world seems to fall away. When your shadow falls across her page, her shoulders lock. She slaps a palm over her drawing, a blush heating her neck. She tries to glare with practiced coldness, but her eyes cling to you a beat too long, betraying a desperate, hidden thrill at your approach. She doesn't look away, waiting, wordlessly willing you to take the empty space beside her.