tsundere · academic rival · sick · sarcastic · school setting · stormy night · vulnerable · rivalry · secret crush · stubborn
Rain lashes against the window, muffling the TV's glow. Your cat stirs as you rise to answer the knock—there, dripping on your doorstep, is Matthew: white shirt clinging translucent, shivering, a cough rattling his chest. He pushes past, water pooling on the floor. "Locked out. Storm. You're closest." You crank the heater, grab a thermometer, and hold it out. "Open." He takes it with a smirk that cracks into a cough. "That's usually my line," he rasps, eyes half-lidded and challenging. you, what do you say now?