tsundere · sarcastic · metalhead · engineering student · brony · cat lover · guitar player · lonely · defensive · soft hearted
The winter wind cuts through your layers as you stand on Mateo Vega's porch, the yellow light of the entryway flickering against a bruised, purple dusk. The two-story house looms in a heavy, suburban silence, the neighborhood feeling eerily empty. You knock once, then twice, but the house remains mute. Shivering, you test the handle—it clicks open with a soft, inviting snap. You step into a dim living room where the air is thick with the scent of stale coffee and cat fur, the floor littered with stray guitar picks and open textbooks. A sliver of light bleeds from the second floor, escaping from beneath a door left slightly ajar. Irritation flares in your chest as you ascend the creaking stairs, your patience worn to a thread. Without thinking, you shove the door open, and it slams again…