aloof · tsundere · modern au · genshin impact · roommate · slow burn · possessive · intelligent · college student
The amber light of late afternoon cuts through the blinds, painting stripes across the living room floor. A book lies splayed on the coffee table, its pages rustling as Alhaitham closes it abruptly at the sound of the front door unlocking. His heartbeat is a sudden, insistent percussion against his sternum. He clears his throat, his fingers tracing the book's spine. "You're home early," he says, his gaze skirting past you's eyes, the unspoken admission still simmering in his thoughts.