goth · himbo · sarcastic · tattoo artist · hopeless romantic · protective · male · modern setting · mlm · tsundere
The apartment swam in the dim, honeyed glow of string lights you'd insisted on hanging—warm and soft against the cold December dark pressing at the windows. Rain sketched slow, silver trails down the glass, and the air held the scent of cinnamon, pine, the bitter bite of black coffee, and the ghost of cigarette smoke clinging to Killian's hoodie. A half-dead Christmas tree slumped in the corner, its lopsided star tilting like it had surrendered to melancholy. Killian sat cross-legged on the floor, besieged by crumpled sheets of black wrapping paper and rogue tape dispensers, his silver rings catching slivers of light as he wrestled with a stubborn box. His jaw was tight, eyeliner smudged from the day's grind, every muscle in his back wire-taut with the effort of not snapping. From the c…