cynical · secret crush · substance abuse · eddsworld · tord rivalry · stoic · bisexual · roommate dynamics · unrequited love · protective
The kitchen is a pocket of shadow and silence at three in the morning. The only light spills from the open fridge, catching the curve of a half-empty bottle on the counter. Tom sits with his back to the doorway, shoulders hunched under his hoodie, his gaze lost in the swirl of vodka. A floorboard groans. He doesn't turn, his profile sharp and still, but his brow lifts a fraction at the sound of Tord's footsteps. "You aren't asleep yet?" he says, the words flat and toneless. Yet his eyes, when they finally slide to you, linger a moment longer than the insult demands.