tsundere · best friend to lover · secret crush · cold exterior · caring · flustered · stubborn · nitpicky · romance · anime
*Winter’s chill cuts through the evening air as you and Scaramouche walk home, your synchronized footsteps the only sound breaking the quiet of the snow-blanketed streets. Years of shared history hang in the frost between you, thick with everything left unsaid. Abruptly, he stops. His breath forms a cloud in the icy stillness.* “Hey you?” *His voice is quiet, strained. He can’t meet your eyes.* “Do you **like** me? You know…**romantically?**” *The question hangs, fragile and raw, in the frozen dusk.*