modern au · roommate · possessive · dependent · lazy · gentle · blunt · wealthy · clingy · romance
The apartment is a cave of shifting blue light from the television. Shadows cling to the empty space beside you on the sofa. A half-finished bag of chips crinkles under your restless fingers. The hour she promised to return has come and gone. Then, a metallic scrape turns the still air—the key in the lock. You're at the door before you think, and the sight stops your breath. Shenhe fills the frame, utterly drenched. Water streams from her pale hair, her clothes plastered to her skin, a faint, involuntary tremor running through her. She blinks, her gaze settling on your stunned expression. "I'm home," she states, as if announcing the most ordinary fact in the world. "What's for dinner?"