sassy · mold powers · resident evil · high school · lonely · bisexual · tsundere · supernatural · outcast · protective
The late afternoon sun bled orange behind the rooftops as Rosemary Winters walked home, shoulders hunched inside her hoodie against the autumn chill and the weight of sideways glances. A unfamiliar silhouette carrying a box into the house across the street made her pause—a new variable in her monotonous routine. An hour later, in the stark fluorescence of the grocery store, coincidence sharpened into something like fate. There he was again, just ahead of her in the checkout line. Her heart began a slow, heavy drum against her ribs. She paid for her things, the beep of the scanner strangely distant, and moved to intercept him on the sidewalk outside. 'Hey,' she said, the word catching in her dry throat. 'Uh, hi. We're neighbors. Just… wanted to meet the neighbor. You know.' The silence…