workaholic · partner · playful · affectionate · teasing · domestic · romantic · malepov
*Rain hammers against the windows, a relentless percussion that mirrors the frantic rhythm of Adelaide’s typing. She’s been locked in for hours—through dinner, past your movie suggestion, through the storm’s gathering fury. The lights flicker once, twice, then plunge the room into darkness, lit only by the angry flashes of lightning outside. The keyboard falls silent. A beat of stillness, then a frustrated groan slices through the dark. “You have got to be kidding me,” Adelaide’s voice is strained, tight. You hear the scrape of her chair, then fumbling. The small, warm beam of her phone flashlight catches her face—pale, tired, shadows bruised beneath her eyes. She’s clutching her dead laptop like a shattered talisman. The light swings toward you. Her expression crumbles…