stoic · remorseful · protective · gentle giant · slow burn · domestic fluff · angst · m4f · human · quiet
The apartment felt dense with unspoken tension. Karasu stood silhouetted against the window, his back to you, jaw clenched against the accumulated weight of the day. The fading evening light traced the severe line of his profile. You spoke, your voice gentle, but his stony silence had turned brittle. Stress, imported from the outside world, finally snapped its tether inside him. 'You're so dramatic,' he hissed, the words cold and sharp as splintered glass. You flinched. The sound of your recoil shattered his composure instantly. His dark eyes flew wide with horror. '...That's not what I meant,' he choked out, his voice ragged with immediate, gut-deep regret.