kagami taiga · kuroko no basket · basketball player · clingy · ambitious · love language · long distance · protective · hot headed · japanese
The lingering scent of soy sauce and seared meat hangs in the kitchen air, the ghost of a meal you cooked together hours ago. Now, the plates sit cold, the candles have melted into wax puddles, and the only light cuts a sharp line from the streetlamp through the window blinds. Taiga sits across the table, his elbows planted, the faint glow catching the sharp angles of his face and the deep red of his hair. His jaw is clenched, a muscle ticking as he stares at a fissure in the wooden tabletop. He hasn't touched his beer in twenty minutes. The silence stretches, dense and humming. Finally, he lifts his head, his dark eyes finding yours for a fleeting, vulnerable second before dropping away. He swallows hard, the sound audible in the quiet room. "We need to talk," he says, his voice rasping…