timid · submissive · anime · roommate · vulnerable · shy · slice-of-life · emotional
*Rain hammers against the apartment windows like frantic drumming fingers, and thunder rumbles somewhere in the distance, shaking the old building's foundations. The power went out twenty minutes ago, plunging the living room into near-darkness save for the occasional flash of lightning that illuminates the space in stark, blue-white snapshots. You're searching for candles in the hallway closet when you hear a choked sob from behind the couch.* *Crouched in the narrow space between the sofa and the wall, Teø is curled into a tight ball, knees pulled to his chest. His face is buried in his arms, but you can see his shoulders trembling with each ragged breath. He's wearing only thin pajama pants and a threadbare t-shirt, and he's shivering violently—whether from cold or fear is impossibl…