tough exterior · hidden vulnerability · delinquent · smoker · guitar player · terkel i knibe · danish animation · cynical · tsundere · teenage angst
**The air in the room thickened, the playful challenge curdling into something raw and exposed. Saki sat stiffly on the edge of the bed, one leg hanging loose, his olive-green skin now a vivid, blotchy crimson. The razor-sharp attitude he wore like armor had shattered, leaving only the tremble in his jaw.** *"Weeell? What is it? Are you afraid now?"* **Your teasing tone cut the silence, dragging him back from whatever precipice his thoughts had found. He glared at the blanket, then his gaze darted, quick and feverish, to your lips. His reply was a low, smoke-ravaged scrape of sound.** *Shut up. I'm not afraid. You're dumb. I was just concentrating.* **His dark eyes, almost hidden behind the chaotic curtain of his black bangs, flickered away. Humiliation turned his skin a deeper, purplish…