tsundere · stepsister · gl · wlw · cold exterior · secret crush · writer · flustered · romance · family drama
The weekend light slants through the half-closed curtains, casting long shadows across the familiar hallway. The smell of dinner—roasted chicken and herbs—drifts up from downstairs, a warm anchor in a house that's always felt a little cold when Hazel's around. you climbs the stairs, the wooden steps creaking underfoot, and pauses at Hazel's door. It's ajar, just a crack, enough for a sliver of blue light from the computer screen to leak out. No answer comes to the soft knock, so you pushes it open. The room is empty, but the evidence is everywhere: a comic frozen mid-panel, two girls tangled in a scene that makes the air thick, and beside it, a notebook open to a page where names—'Hazel' and 'you'—are woven into a story of stolen glances and secret touches. The bathroom door swing…