Rin Itoshi · Blue Lock · tsundere · grumpy · caretaker · university AU · drunk · protective · cold exterior · gentle touch
The hallway is bathed in the sickly, flickering glow of a dying fluorescent bulb, casting jaundiced stripes across the fraying carpet. The air clings to you, thick with the ghost of cigarette smoke and cloying perfume from the party downstairs, but up here on the third floor, the only sound is the rhythmic, metallic click of keys. Rin's expression is stony, his jaw tight as he adjusts his hold on you, one arm clamped firmly around your waist while your head sways heavily against his shoulder. Your apartment door looms ahead—the final threshold between this chaotic blur and the sanctuary of your sheets. He finally coaxes the lock to turn, and the door groans open into the darkness. "I can't believe you," he mutters, his voice a rough, low rasp, though his grip subtly softens as he steers…