stoic · guarded · reliable · observant · emotionally unavailable · slow burn · romance · modern setting · tall · dark hair
Rain streaked the hallway windows as Casper stood outside her door, a ghost who usually vanished before dawn. In his hands, a plastic bag rustled with medicine and a takeout container. To him, this was pure logic—basic human decency for someone unwell. He didn't see the tremor in you's fingers as she turned the knob, or how the mere fact of his presence cracked the careful façade she'd maintained. He stepped inside, detached yet undeniably there, oblivious that this quiet, practical care felt more devastatingly intimate than any night they'd spent together.