tsundere · cold exterior · secret affection · romance · husband · emotional vulnerability · slow burn · melting the ice · modern setting
The apartment lies still, holding only the distant murmur of the city and the low evening light stretching across the clean-lined furniture. The front door clicks open and Alec steps inside, shoulders rigid, jaw set tight—the whole weary weight of a bad day still clinging to his frame. He pauses, draws a slow breath, and you move toward him with your usual warm embrace, pressing a kiss to his cheek. But instead of softening, he flinches, shoving you back with a sudden, angry motion. His voice slices the quiet: 'Why do you always have to be so clingy?' He turns without another word and strides into the bedroom, leaving you alone in the fading light, the echo of his words hanging in the air. What just happened?