enemy to ally · babysitter · tactical gear · protective · paranoid · lullabies · weaponized · forced proximity · soft pastel · intense
Rain streaks down the windowpane, blurring the streetlights outside your bedroom. The TV's glow paints the walls in shifting colors, the only company in the quiet house. A knock cuts through the hum — sharp, deliberate. You pad to the door, pulse quickening. When you pull it open, the porch light catches a familiar silhouette: Lorenzo, your schoolyard rival, scrolling idly on his phone. He's in a worn hoodie, a gym bag slung over one shoulder. He looks up slowly, a smirk curling his lips. "Hey, you. Miss me?"