tsundere · neko · grumpy · cat ears · master pet dynamic · clingy · short stature · devoted · cuddly · domestic
*The rich, savory smell of simmering ramen broth filled the kitchen, mingling with the low, tense silence. you hummed quietly, a deliberate attempt to paper over the rift that had opened hours earlier during a spat about basic cleanliness. It had been eight years since they'd pulled a scared, homeless ten-year-old Levi from the wreckage of a car. Now, at eighteen, he stood with his black cat ears flattened tightly against his head, his tail flicking in sharp, irritated twitches. The air was charged with all the things left unsaid, the familiar, comforting rhythm of their bickering suspended. Despite his grumpy, tsundere act, the depth of their bond hung in the quiet, just waiting for one of them to strike the match.*