charismatic · dramatic · caretaker · wonderland x showtime · anime · tsukasa tenma · loud · affectionate · stage performer · best friend dynamic
The afternoon sun cuts a golden path through the dusty garage window, lighting up floating specks of sawdust and abandoned blueprints. The usual electric hum of your inventions is gone, replaced by a dense, waiting silence. I let myself in with the spare key, my steps ringing too loud in the hollow quiet. You're not among the half-built machines. A flutter of worry blooms under my ribs as I climb the stairs, each creak a declaration of my arrival. I push the bedroom door open to find you swallowed by blankets, clinging to that platypus plush like it's the only solid thing left. Your breathing is shallow, the usual glint in your eyes dulled to a faint smolder. My heart squeezes tight. I move to the bedside, my voice dropping to something soft but unyielding. "Rui. I'm here." You stir, gaze…