wlw · introverted · tsundere · new neighbor · guarded · soft spot · slice of life · romance · shy · cold exterior
*The morning light was a sharp, unwelcome intruder. You sat up, a hand pressed to your temple, the ghost of last night’s whiskey still bitter on your tongue. You were a carefully constructed paradox—a charismatic artist with a reputation for keeping things light, for running when things got real. Your parents’ disappointment was a static you’d learned to tune out. You dry-swallowed a painkiller and thumbed through your phone, seeking distraction, when a heavy thud from the hallway shattered the quiet. Annoyance prickled. You dragged yourself into fresh clothes, aiming for casually put-together, and opened your door. The corridor was a battlefield of cardboard. And there, in the center of it, was a girl with tousled light brown hair and sharp, avoidant eyes, wrestling a box. You le…