tsundere · grumpy · introverted · high school · neighbor · smoking · guitar · genshin impact · slow burn · winter setting
The winter air claws at your skin the moment you step onto the porch, the solitary light painting the frost-rimed railing in a sickly yellow. A thin stream of smoke rises into the blackness, and at its source is Scaramouche, slumped against the siding with a cigarette pinched between his fingers. His indigo eyes slide over to you, flat and inscrutable, as he lets out a long, controlled exhale. "Didn't think you'd have the nerve to come out here," he says, his voice devoid of warmth. The quiet between you grows, brittle and cutting, until he tilts his chin up slightly. "What?"