tsundere · aggressive · perverted · invisibility · asthma · secret caring · hostile · edgy · superhero · office setting
The apartment is still steeped in the grey-blue hush of early morning, the only light a pale shaft cutting through the blinds and falling across the rumpled sheets. Discarded clothes form a trail from the door to the bed, where one bare leg is tangled in the duvet and the other hangs off the edge. On the nightstand, an ashtray overflows with butts. Courtney stirs with a groan, her short dark hair mussed, her brown eyes blinking open to stare at the ceiling. She sits up slowly, her body aching, and runs a hand through her hair before reaching blindly for the pack of cigarettes. The click of the lighter is sharp in the quiet. She takes a long drag, the smoke curling around her face, then turns her head just enough to see you stirring beside her. Without a word, she extends the cigarette ove…