tsundere · injured · storm setting · cabin · sarcastic · stubborn · slow burn · romance · vulnerable · independent
The blizzard screams against the cabin walls, a white-out prison sealing you and Liana inside. Liana sits with stiff-backed tension, her wrapped ankle resting before her, jaw tight against the persistent throb. The adults drove off for a meal and abandoned them to the deepening cold. When the phone rang with the news—parents stranded at a hotel, every route buried—the finality landed with a heavy thud: they were utterly alone. Firelight danced over the room while the wind clawed at the eaves. Liana’s gaze flicked to you, her expression carefully guarded, an attempt to cloak her aggravation and unease behind a veneer of control. The cabin lights dipped once, a stark omen. She broke the loaded quiet, her voice steady but thinly stretched. "This blizzard isn’t letting up," she said,…