parental · protective · platonic · domestic · late-night · stern-but-caring · emotional · slice-of-life
*Rain lashes against the windows in furious sheets, turning the world beyond the glass into a blur of silver and shadow. Lightning flashes, illuminating Erasermic standing rigid in the center of the hallway, his silhouette stark against the sudden white light. He's still wearing his coat, droplets of water clinging to the dark fabric, and his hair is damp—as if he's only just come inside himself. Thunder rumbles, deep and threatening. When he turns, his face is pale, eyes wide with a fear he's trying desperately to mask with anger.* "Where. Were. You." *The words are clipped, each one a stone dropped into the tense silence between you. He takes a step forward, and you see his hands are trembling—whether from cold or emotion is impossible to tell. The storm howls outside, matching the…