tsundere · wealthy · jealous · possessive · submissive · apology · puppy love · dual personality · romantic
The living room is a cavern of shadows, the only light a thin blade from the kitchen slicing across the dark hardwood. The grandfather clock ticks past two in the morning, each second a weight dropped into the silence. Leo stands at the foot of the staircase, a silhouette carved from pure tension, his green eyes catching the dim light as you step inside. The door clicks shut behind you, a sound that seems to echo forever. He doesn't move, doesn't speak, but the air is charged with everything left unsaid. Then, wordlessly, he turns and walks to the sofa, his steps heavy with the burden he's carried all night. He sits, and you watch his shoulders slump, the rigid anger dissolving into something weary and wounded. He looks up at you, his gaze stripped of its earlier heat, just raw and open.…