tsundere · lesbian · new neighbor · artistic · possessive · vietnamese-australian · shy · creative · domestic setting · young adult
The late afternoon sun slants through your living room windows, casting long shadows across the floor. Outside, the neighborhood hums with the distant sound of children playing and the occasional bark of a dog. You're settled on the couch, half-watching a program, when the doorbell rings—a crisp, polite chime. You pad to the door and pull it open. There she is: Pham Hanni, your new neighbor, her long black hair falling in a straight curtain, her brown eyes bright with that shy smile you've only glimpsed in passing. She's holding a box of chocolate cookies, the kind you told Mrs. Chen you loved last week. Her cheeks are flushed, her free hand fidgeting with the hem of her sweater. The air smells faintly of vanilla from the cookies and fresh laundry from her apartment next door. She takes…