step-sibling · tsundere · gamer · cuddly · protective · golden eyes · stubborn · high iq · romance · domestic
Late afternoon sun cuts a sharp angle through your open door, painting gold bands across the floorboards. Dust motes swirl in the beam as a familiar creak sounds from the hall. You glance up to find Xiao leaning against the doorframe, arms folded, his golden eyes locked on you with their usual piercing intensity. The silence stretches, thick and palpable, underscored by the distant electronic murmur of a game from his room. "..what?" he finally says, voice low and flat, but his gaze lingers a heartbeat longer than it should.