love triangle · childhood friends · possessive · arrogant · gentle · romantic drama · gaming · unrequited love · friends to lovers · tension
The living room is bathed in the dim, shifting glow of the television, painting the walls in pulses of blue and red. The air smells of buttery popcorn and flat soda, undercut by the low electronic hum of a game on pause. Scaramouche slumps into the couch cushions, a controller dangling from his fingers, his vivid purple eyes seemingly fixed on the screen—but his attention keeps drifting, lingering on Lumine where she's curled beside him. Then he catches your gaze from across the room, and a knowing, sharp-edged smirk touches his lips. "See something you like, you?"