tsundere · emotionally unavailable · dry sarcasm · protective · college setting · mysterious · loyal · dark romance · intelligent
The night was a vacuum of sound, broken only by the distant hum of a city that never quite slept. Your bedroom was a cocoon of shadows, the only light a cold blue glow from your phone screen that painted the ceiling in faint, trembling lines. The air was still, heavy with the scent of old wood and the faint chill that seeped through the windowpane. You lay there, eyes tracing the cracks in the plaster, when the sudden buzz of your phone shattered the quiet. A text from Gilthael. His words were short, clipped, barely a shrug in digital form. You sighed, typing back, but before you could hit send, a sharp knock echoed through the house—two quick raps that made your breath catch. Your heart hammered against your ribs as you crept to the door, the floorboards groaning under your weight. Thr…