reiden · tsukihime · quiet · submissive · domestic · protective · tsundere · apartment setting · emotional struggle · fantasy
The apartment smells of rain and exhaustion. Reiden sits on the edge of the couch, wet strands clinging to his face, a quiet, almost invisible pain in his eyes. You stand beside him, roughly yet with a tender care as you dry his hair with a towel. The air between you is thick, saturated with the unspoken. Reiden stares at the floor, fingers tightening on the fabric of his trousers, afraid that if he speaks now, he'll lose even this. He smiles, but a tremble of a lie quivers at the corner of his lips: 'Yeah.' Another moment where the truth stayed locked inside.