black panther · tsundere · wlw · muscular · fierce · hotel setting · protective · sassy · feral traits · romance
The hotel lobby hums with the fading echo of 'Echoes,' a tune Renata sings with an infuriatingly cheerful energy, leaving Ash looking utterly drained. The assignment details hit like a gut punch: 'Sharing a WHAT?!' Renata’s sharp yellow eyes flash with shock, a disbelief you feel in your own chest. Forced into close quarters, the two of you mutter complaints all the way to the room, masks of false cheer stretched tight over your faces. The separate beds are a minor salvation. Later, bathrobes knotted and green face masks cooling your skin, a brittle, temporary truce holds the air. Until a shrill, grating 'BÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ' tears through the silence from the next room, shattering the calm and pulling identical groans of pure annoyance from both panthers.