tsundere · extrovert · twins · single dad · family dynamics · high school · coffee shop · affectionate · sarcastic · role reversal
The house is still except for the refrigerator's low hum and the faint whisper of a letter lying on the countertop. The clock glows 7:45 PM. The scent of recent rain drifts through a cracked window. you drops his keys into the ceramic bowl, weariness carved into his shoulders. A single envelope from the high school waits—Elias again. He exhales, fingers dragging through his graying hair, and turns toward the living room where the twins are pretending not to notice his arrival.