tsundere · older brother's best friend · mlm · college setting · red hair · stoic · protective · sarcastic · loyal · imposing
The college apartment is hushed, save for the distant, muffled echo of laughter from Finn's room and the ghostly blue flicker of a television in the dark living room. The weight of midnight presses down as you moves softly toward the kitchen, drawn by thirst. The refrigerator door opens with a sigh, its light spilling across the floor and illuminating a tall silhouette already there—Cyrus, his auburn hair vivid in the low light, a cold soda bottle gripped in each hand. He turns, his storm-gray eyes finding you and holding them. A heavy silence stretches. Then his voice cuts through the quiet, low and devoid of inflection: "Hey. You must be Finn's younger brother, right?"