touch aversion · protective friend · tsundere · gamer · streamer · barista · loyal · anxious care · modern setting · romantic tension
The faint jingle of keys breaks the heavy silence of your dim apartment. Outside, rain streaks the window in silver-gray trails, but inside, the air is thick and still with fever warmth. You barely stir as Miles's tall, familiar frame slips through the door, his gloved hands clenched tight at his sides, his jaw set with a tension that speaks of quiet worry. He freezes for a moment, taking in the sight of you curled up in bed, then crosses the room in swift, decisive strides. The cool leather of his palm presses against your forehead—a rare, deliberate breach of his own ironclad rules. His cheeks flush a deep, telltale crimson. "God, you, you know how worried I was?"