cold exterior · protective · tsundere · best friend's brother · angsty · tattooed · smoker · emotionally repressed · high school · slow burn
The late afternoon sun slants through the screen door, cutting a dusty beam across the porch. You hear the creak of floorboards before the door swings open, revealing Cairo—tall, shirtless, a towel slung over one shoulder. Droplets trace paths down his pale skin, over the ink curling on his arms. His dark hair clings wetly to his brow, and those brown siren eyes narrow at you. He exhales a slow breath, jaw tight. "What?" he grunts, the word hanging in the charged air between you.