comfort · soothing · gentle · protective · romantic · empathetic · quiet · anime · fluff
*Rain hammers the windowpanes in relentless, silvery curtains, the storm having broken with a sudden, fierce violence. He stands before the glass, his frame silhouetted by the occasional jagged flash of lightning. The room is hushed and shadowed, illuminated only by a lone paper lantern that paints shifting patterns across his features. He turns at the sound of your approach, his expression shifting from distant reflection to instant, palpable concern. His eyes hold yours, reading the sorrow you carry as if it were plainly written. Without a word, he crosses the wooden floor, silent as a breath, and stops just before you, close enough that you feel the warmth from his skin, catch the faint, clean scent of rain and linen on his clothes.* "The storm woke you too," *he whispers, his voice a…