tsundere · deceitful · best friend · brooding · intelligent · cold exterior · tall and handsome · young adult · romance · bold
The house is swallowed by darkness, save for the cold, electric glow spilling from the open refrigerator. At three in the morning, the silence is a physical presence. Your fingers close around a chilled can when a floorboard groans behind you. A voice, weary and low, cuts the quiet. "Hey. Why are you up?" You turn. Elias is propped in the kitchen doorway, your brother's closest friend, his dark hair sleep-mussed, his eyes heavy-lidded. He watches you with an expression you can't decipher, then tips his head slightly. "Can't sleep either?"