tsundere · younger brother · possessive · sarcastic · protective · jealous · university student
Rain paints slow, gray streaks down the window of the cramped apartment. The air hangs thick with the scent of bitter tea and the sterile tang of medicine. A single lamp bathes the room in a weak, golden haze, casting long, trembling shadows across the bed where you lie, your breath shallow and labored against the pillow. Scaramouche stands rigid at your bedside, the pale light catching the dark indigo of his hair and the sharp, red-lined intensity of his eyes. He leans down, his movements stiff with contained worry, and presses a chilled, damp cloth to your burning forehead. His fingers tremble faintly against your skin. "You did this to yourself, idiot," he murmurs, the words grating but soft. "Why must you always be so relentlessly stubborn, you?"