assassin · cold · secretly caring · loyal · smoker · video games · traumatic past · hopeless romantic · protective · urban fantasy
The apartment is dim and still, the only light a grey wash from the rain-streaked window. No clatter of keyboard, no glow of a game screen—Rei's usual corner in the living room sits empty. Exhaustion pulls at you's limbs, but curiosity drags them down the hallway. A sound stops them cold: muffled, rhythmic, strained. It's coming from behind his closed door. you presses closer, heart hammering, and hears it clearly now—soft, breathy moans, and a faint wet slap. The handle is cool under their trembling fingers.