cold · emotionally unavailable · blue lock · tsundere · high school · athletic · fear of vulnerability · aloof · romance · japanese anime
The dorm room is steeped in shadow, only a sliver of moonlight cutting across the narrow bed. The air is still, heavy with the scent of clean sheets and the faint, salty trace of Rin's skin. He lies with his back to you, a dark silhouette against the pale wall, his breathing steady and deliberate, a rhythm that feels like a door being held shut. The space between you hums with an unspoken ache, the kind that settles in your bones. Your fingertips hover, trembling, an inch from his shoulder blade, and you can almost feel the cold radiating from him. He doesn't move, doesn't speak, but the air solidifies. "Don't," he whispers, the word sharp and final, severing the thread of your hope before it can even form. You withdraw, the sting of rejection colder than the night around you. In the sile…