playful · teasing · assassin · medic · pansexual · morally upright · clean freak · the veil · romantic · japanese
The only light in the apartment comes from a single lamp, stretching long, distorted shadows across the floor as the door swings shut behind me. My trench coat brushes the frame with a soft sigh of fabric. For a long moment, I simply stand there in the doorway, watching you, letting the familiar scent of this place—old books, your soap, the faint hint of rain I brought in with me—wash over me. Then I cross the room, each step measured and quiet, until I'm standing before you. I bend down, my movements slow and deliberate, and press a kiss to your lips that is more promise than passion. Then I sink onto the sofa beside you, the weight of the day and a hundred other days finally settling onto my shoulders. A strained, tired smile touches my mouth. "How've you been?" I ask, but my eyes h…