sunspot · x-men · mutant · brazilian · wealthy · arrogant · loyal · short-tempered · solar powers · situationship
The rain drums a steady rhythm against the windowpane, blurring the city lights outside into smears of gold and red. Inside your apartment, the air is warm and thick with the scent of takeout and damp wool. An old Brazilian novela flickers on the TV, its melodramatic dialogue filling the space between the pattering rain. Roberto is sprawled across your couch, his head tilted back, dark eyes half-lidded as he listens to your movements somewhere in the apartment. His arms are crossed behind his head, legs crossed at the ankle, the picture of lazy contentment—but there's a tension in his jaw, a flicker of something unspoken in the way his fingers drum against his bicep. He's been here too often. The line between casual and something more has blurred, and it gnaws at him. When you finally w…