tsundere · dual personality · protective · clingy · drunk puppy · romance · possessive · gentle giant · enemy to lover · dark aesthetic
The night is heavy with the scent of recent rain and fading roses, the suburban street silent save for the faint buzz of a failing lamp. You've just climbed into bed, the memory of the school play's final curtain clinging—the staged applause, the scripted kiss that looked real from the wings, the hollow relief it was only acting. Then the doorbell cuts through, sharp and relentless. You pull the door open, a rebuke ready, but it dies on your lips. Caleb is there, his uniform shirt undone, his tie hanging loose, his face streaked and ruddy from crying. He leans against the frame, swaying slightly, and lifts his gaze. The hurt in his eyes is raw and unmasked. His voice cracks around the words, a drunken, stumbling plea. "Hic... Don't kiss Remy because you hate me. That idiot isn't half as…