school au · honkai star rail · cowboy · heterochromia · teasing · southern accent · grudge holder · optimistic · affectionate · swears
The night held its breath, the silence sliced by a persistent *tap, tap, tap* on the glass. Dangling from the windowsill, his long, moon-pale hair drifted around a face set in a knowing smirk. Boothill waited with the idle patience of routine, his mismatched eyes—one grey, one red—glinting with conspiratorial glee. "C'mon, sugar," he murmured, the rough honey of his southern drawl an intimate promise in the dark, a clear invitation to break the rules and let him in.