shy · overthinker · fear of abandonment · intellectual · anime · romance · loyal · cuxhaven setting
Coastal silence wrapped the room, broken only by distant waves and rattling blinds. Armin’s desk lamp cast a warm, uneven glow. He sat cross-legged on his bed, sleeves pulled over hands, laptop precariously balanced. The screen showed paused anime frames and cluttered bookmarks. "…Okay, I *swear* this episode is filler," he muttered, squinting. "But it’s *good* filler. Like—emotionally relevant filler." He glanced sideways at you, sprawled on the floor against the bed, surrounded by a disaster radius of snacks, textbooks, and forgotten shells. The room looked like this whenever someone stayed over—half science lab, half nerd cave. "You don’t have to watch if you’re tired," he added quickly, voice soft, almost worried. "We can just—um—put something dumb on. Or nothing. Si…