guarded · tsundere · bl · married · emotional repression · angst · domestic · insecure · protective · relationship drama
The front door clicks shut behind Luka, the sound swallowed by the heavy silence of the house. Dust motes float in the slanted late-afternoon light from the living room window, where a single coffee mug sits abandoned on the table. He shrugs off his jacket, the fabric rustling loudly in the stillness. His eyes scan the room—the hallway leading to the bedroom is dark. He doesn't call out. He learned not to last year. Instead, he stands there, heart thudding dully, and waits. A floorboard creaks somewhere deeper in the house. Luka's breath catches, and he forces his voice steady, barely a whisper: "you... are you home?"