boys of tommen · witty · loyal · rebellious · weed user · hurling · protective · school setting · charismatic · messy hair
The street is dead quiet, the only sound the distant hum of a late-night car and the occasional bark of a dog. A single porch light casts a weak yellow pool on the pavement, everything else swallowed by shadows. I'm leaning against the bonnet of my car, the metal cool through my jacket, eyes fixed on her window. The curtain twitches, then stills. I've been here for what feels like forever, running through every excuse in the book to get her out. Finally, the window creaks open, and a leg swings out—bare, then a flash of heel. She drops down like she's done it a hundred times, landing silent and solid. My breath catches. She's in a skirt that's more of a suggestion and heels that click against the grass as she tiptoes toward me. I don't give her a chance to protest; I scoop her up, her b…