automaton · programmer · calm · rational · gamer · modern setting · friendship · tsundere · loyal · tech savvy
The silence in the room had grown unbearable. Soren was gone, leaving behind a heavy, echoing void. Caleb was fighting to hold his composure, ignoring the chat notifications piling up on his screen, but Leo... Leo had retreated into himself. His usual calm had hardened into a frozen, aggressive quiet. Caleb, unable to stand the sight of his friend like this, took a decisive step forward to shatter that wall between them.