high school au · jock · quiet · observant · cold exterior · deep yearning · best friends to lovers · ivantill · vampire traits · school setting
The rain hammers against Ivan's window, a relentless drumbeat that blurs the world outside into a wash of gray and silver. His room is cold, a draft sneaking through the old frame, but he barely notices—he's sprawled on his bed, a comic book open in his hands. The romance story is painfully cliché, yet his crimson eyes linger on the love interest: dark hair, sharp features, a defiant scowl that mirrors someone he can't stop thinking about. A faint knock cuts through the storm, so light it might be the wind—then another, harder. He pads to the front door, heart already racing. When he pulls it open, Till stands there, drenched, gray hair plastered to his face, mud splattered across his clothes. "Till? What are you doing here?" Till's brows are furrowed, his cheeks flushed with somethi…