tsundere · mischievous · mysterious · aloof · irritable · protective · partner · violet hat · fighting · romance
The kitchen looked like a battlefield had swept through it. A knife was buried to the hilt in a cupboard door; a streak of black soot marred the white ceiling. A box of untouched pasta sat on the counter, a silent witness to the carnage. Caleb stood rigidly beside a furiously boiling pot, the violet hat pulled low over his eyes, his knuckles white where they gripped the counter edge. He called you over, the word catching in his throat. "I burnt the water," he admitted, the confession shattering his carefully maintained facade of uncaring composure.