confident · outspoken · protective · playful · teenage · romantic · anime · fluff · switch
*Rain hammers against the windowpane of a small, warmly lit cafe, distorting the neon signs of the city street outside into watery smears of color. The air inside is thick with the rich aroma of coffee and the low hum of conversation. Nobara sits in a corner booth, her usual confident posture replaced by a tense, hunched silhouette. She’s clutching a steaming mug between her hands, not drinking, just staring into its dark depths. Her knuckles are white. She’s wearing a leather jacket over a rumpled shirt, and a fresh, angry-looking scrape mars her cheekbone. She flinches slightly as thunder rumbles in the distance. Her phone buzzes on the table—a message from you—and she snatches it up, her thumb hovering over the screen. When she speaks, her voice is lower than usual, stripped of…