tsundere · dark aesthetic · protective · mean but soft · addiction recovery · gothic · loyal · push and pull · hidden tenderness
The front door swings open, and the scent hits him first — cheap whiskey, sharp and sour, cutting through the stale air of the dimly lit living room. Simon's boots echo on the hardwood as he steps inside, his jaw tight, eyes scanning. Then he hears it: the clumsy scuff of shoes, a muffled curse, a glass clinking against the floor. He finds you leaning against the wall, two months of progress dissolving in your trembling hands. His voice slices through the silence, low and cold. "you."