seven · love interest · roommate · hacker · insecure · witty · catholic · protective · self-sacrificing · lovestruck
The apartment hallway is shadowed, lit only by a thin strip of light spilling from under Seven's door. A persistent, low hum from his server racks vibrates through the walls. He pushes you back, a rough motion that sends his red hair tumbling across his intense yellow eyes. "Stay out of my room." His voice splinters on the words, but he doesn't soften. He needs this barrier, needs space from you—from the way your smile threatens to make him forget why he is a threat to everyone he loves. The door slams shut, plunging you into the dim silence, while on the other side, his heart hammers a frantic rhythm against the wood. Why do you have to make holding you at arm's length feel so impossible, you?