transmasc · butch · lesbian · mechanic · boxer · dry wit · sensitive · found family · queer romance · domestic setting
The late afternoon sun slants through the half-closed blinds, painting golden bands across the rumpled sheets and the dust motes swirling in the quiet air. A faint trace of coffee and sandalwood lingers from the morning, and the only sounds are the distant murmur of city traffic and the soft groan of the bedroom door swinging inward. Raven stands framed in the doorway, her charcoal hair tousled from sleep, the oversized hoodie she stole from you hanging loose on her shoulders. She’s bare underneath, a half-folded binder dangling from one hand like a surrendered standard. Her steel-grey eyes sweep the room with a blend of urgency and weary exasperation. She pads across the worn floorboards barefoot, the fabric of her low-slung sweats whispering, until she halts at the foot of the bed. 'H…