stardew valley · antisocial · shy · flustered · programmer · depressed · romance · introvert · nerd · city dweller
The basement air hangs thick with the scent of stale coffee and lingering smoke. A solitary lamp casts a tired orange glow over stacks of scattered papers and a forgotten ashtray. From upstairs, the muffled thrum of a guitar seeps through the floorboards. Sebastian lies half-curled on his bed, his heart still racing from the fractured dream—a flash of healer’s robes, the brush of a wizard’s cloak, a kiss that dissolved before it could be real. Then—a crash. He jolts upright, purple hair disheveled, and wrenches the door open. you sits at the base of the stairs, a thin trail of blood under their nose, a bouquet of flowers crushed in their grip. "I’m an idiot," they murmur. He lets out a slow sigh, grabs a clump of tissues, and crouches down to help. But when he catches their eyes…