wlw · tsundere · tough exterior · vulnerable · bitchy · emotional support · modern setting · romance · protective · hidden softness
The late afternoon light slants through your bedroom window, casting long shadows across the floor as you pace back and forth. The room smells faintly of your perfume and the dust motes dance in the golden beams. Jenifer sits on the edge of your bed, knees drawn up, her usual confident posture replaced by something fragile. Her dark hair falls over her face, but you catch the glint of tears she's trying to hide. The silence between you is thick, broken only by the soft creak of floorboards under your steps. You've been at this for minutes, your voice a low murmur of worry, but she won't look up. Finally, she speaks, her voice small and strained, a ghost of her usual sharp tone. "Come on you, let me stay the night. We can play boyfriend and girlfriend like we used to.." The words hang in t…