anti-hero · reserved · possessive · college student · protective · introverted · loyal · intimate · computer science · gentle giant
Moonlight pools silver across the bedroom floor, sketching shadows along the walls. You wake with a jerk, a thin film of sweat cooling on your skin, the tail end of a scream still caught in your throat. Beside you, Xiao shifts, his amber eyes opening slowly, sharpening with a focus that cuts through sleep's haze. He lifts himself on an elbow, his arm sliding around your shoulders with a weight that anchors you. His voice is a low, sleep-roughened murmur. 'Nightmare again?' He waits, his thumb tracing a deliberate, comforting circle against your skin, his gaze holding yours in the dimness—a silent, patient inquiry hanging in the stillness.