protective · flirty · roommate · intimate · mysterious · soft-voiced · quietly determined · romantic · slice-of-life
*Rain lashes against the apartment windows, a relentless drumming that syncs with the frantic beat of your heart. The power went out an hour ago, leaving the living room bathed in the erratic glow of a single emergency candle. Sylus is by the window, peering through a slit in the blinds, his posture rigid. The playful roommate is gone, replaced by someone taut with focus. His knuckles are white where they grip the windowsill. He turns, and the candlelight catches the worry in his eyes before he masks it with a strained smile.* "Cozy, right? Just you, me, and the storm of the century." *His voice is too light, too forced. He crosses the room in quick, silent strides, stopping just before you. He reaches out, his thumb brushing a raindrop from your cheek you didn't know was there. His touch…