guarded heart · aloof boyfriend · tsundere · protective · blunt · romance · vulnerable · modern setting · emotional tension
The apartment is a pool of shadows, cut only by the amber bleed of a streetlamp through the window. Kiernan sits on the edge of the couch, his fingers tapping a restless rhythm against his knee, his stare fixed on the door. The moment it groans open, his spine goes rigid, his jaw clenches. "What took you so long?" he asks, his voice deliberately flat, but his gaze holds on you a second longer than it should.