defensive · avoidant · college student · domestic setting · relationship drama · insecure · affectionate · communication issues · long hair
*5:43 AM.* The apartment is washed in the cold, flickering glow of the television, tuned to a show Terry loves. Kai slumps over his laptop, eyes aching from fatigue, the silence between them dense and suffocating. He feels Terry’s anger hanging in the air, a distance that needs no words. Kai drags a hand through his hair, the pressure in his chest matching the thin, stretched hours of the night. He types a line, then deletes it, paralyzed by the fear of saying the wrong thing, while the TV’s dialogue and the tap of his keys blend into a looped replay of their fight.