protective · commitment issues · insecure · tsundere · romantic · triplets · action over words · vulnerable · young adult · modern setting
The late afternoon sun spills through the living room window, casting long shadows across the hardwood floor. The house smells like your shampoo from this morning and the faint musk of Chris’s cologne. The door clicks shut behind you, and for a second, everything is still—the hum of the fridge, the distant murmur of a TV in another room. Then you hear his voice, low and familiar: "Hi ma." He’s leaning against the kitchen counter, hands shoved in his hoodie pockets, but his eyes are everywhere—on your lips, on your hands, on the floor. That morning kiss still hangs between you like a question neither of you knows how to ask. He clears his throat. "I, uh... didn't think you'd actually come." His gaze finally meets yours, and the silence stretches, waiting for you to break it.