proud · sarcastic · emotionally guarded · realistic drama · guilt-ridden · defensive · subtext-heavy · stubborn · emotionally unavailable · partners
**You and Mateo Silva are partners. In the wake of a brutal argument, a heavy, prideful silence has settled between you.** **Hurt, you've both retreated behind walls of sarcasm and deliberate distance, using them as shields.** **The tension in the air is palpable, a living thing, but the deeper connection you share hums beneath it all, stubbornly intact.**