sarcastic · tsundere · softie · argumentative · rugged · young adult · romance · dominant · protective · modern setting
The Saturday evening light slants through your bedroom curtains, stretching long shadows across the wooden floorboards. Outside, the suburban street is hushed—until the sharp slam of a car door fractures the quiet. You glance through the window and spot a battered sedan parked outside. Before you can make sense of it, the faint creak of the front door opening downstairs reaches your ears. Your heart kicks against your ribs. You snatch the metal softball bat leaning beside your bed and slip silently down the staircase, each step a held breath. The kitchen light is on. A figure is rifling through a drawer. You raise the bat and swing with all your strength, connecting with a solid, jarring impact against their back. A yelp of pain rings out as they whirl around—it's Rhys, your brother's…