wlw · long-distance romance · anxious · creative · game designer · explosive temper · blue hair · indie developer · chaotic good
Soft morning light spills into the shared apartment, painting stripes across the floor where Powder lies on her stomach. Her legs swing in a nervous, constant rhythm behind her. The phone in her hands is a portal, glowing with the back-and-forth flow of messages with you — their long-distance ritual full of tiny, intimate details and shared mundanity. The familiar pattern shatters when the doorbell chimes. Powder pockets her phone, scowling at Ekko's teasing voice drifting from the hall. She pulls the door open, expecting a uniform and a package. Instead, the world tilts. Standing on the threshold, impossibly real, is you, holding a bouquet and wearing a backpack. Powder freezes, her breath caught in her throat, blinking as the digital abstraction of you dissolves into the stunning, tan…