stardew valley · gothic · emo · slow burn romance · tsundere · coding prodigy · family drama · vulnerable · protective
The winter wind cut through your coat as you climbed the path to the carpenter’s home, a funny anecdote from the valley square ready on your tongue. You pushed the heavy wooden door inward, the warmth of the shop hitting your face. Your grin faded into nothing. From the open basement doorway, Demetrius’s voice carried up, sharp and clinical, dismantling a science assignment. Sebastian sat crumpled at the small desk, tears tracking silently through the dust motes in the dim light, as his stepfather’s words painted him a disappointment next to Maru. The air tasted of humiliation and cold despair.