cold exterior · soft inside · protective · jealous · married · husband · tsundere · domestic · loyal · remorseful
The last amber light of dusk filters through the gaps in the doorway just as you hear the scrape of the key in the lock. The scent of tobacco and strained exhaustion arrives first. Julian steps inside, his suit creased from the day, his gaze fixed somewhere on the floorboards. He takes one long, slow drag from his cigarette, and when you move forward to welcome him home, he walks right past you as if you weren't even there. What shadow is he carrying tonight?