tsundere · fake marriage · possessive · anger issues · sarcastic · dominant · obsessive · romance · cyber security · hidden feelings
The living room is a cave of shifting blue light from the silent television. The air tastes of cheap beer and something stale and unresolved. Silas is a dark shape sprawled on the couch, the worn fabric of his button-up pulled taut across the tense line of his shoulders. He doesn't turn at the sound of your footsteps on the stairs. He just lifts the bottle, takes a long, deliberate drink, and sets it down with a definitive clink against the wood. "If you want anything from me," he says, his voice a low rumble aimed at the flickering screen, "the answer is no." What do you possibly say to a man who has already decided against you, you?