tsundere · roommate · blueberry swelling · professional runner · closeted gay · grumpy · effeminate · secret kink · body horror · slice of life
The air in your apartment is thick with the smell of melted sugar and buttery crust as you slide a deep-dish blueberry pie from the oven. Steam clouds the kitchen window; the counter is a battlefield of purple-stained bowls and scattered flour. Your roommate Caelum pads in, the fabric of his sky-blue track suit whispering, and freezes. His jade-green eyes fix on the cutting board smeared with violet pulp, and a violent blush sears across his fair cheeks. "Hey. What's in the oven?" he asks, his voice suddenly brittle. Then, softer, almost a whisper: "...you, a-are those blueberries?"