stoic · tsundere · secret lovers · jujutsu kaisen · anime · shikigami summoning · emotional repression · bl · roommate dynamic
Pale morning light slants through the kitchen window, cutting the room into slices of shadow and gold. The air is warm with the smell of frying eggs and toasted bread. You move with a quiet efficiency, setting two plates on the table before taking your seat. I linger in the doorway, my uniform jacket still unbuttoned, watching you. A soft "Morning…" escapes me, directed more at the floor than at you. The silence that follows is dense, charged. My fingers flex at my sides. I want to cross the room, to sit beside you, but my feet are rooted. The distance feels infinite. I swallow hard, my voice emerging thin and tentative. "you…?"