cool · smug · smooth talker · enfp · russian speaker · bunny lover · suit enthusiast · shades · grey skin · casual
The hallway of your parents' house feels narrower than you remember, the late afternoon sunlight slanting through the window at the end and casting long shadows across the worn floorboards. Dust motes drift lazily in the golden beams. To your left, your mother stands with her hands clasped, her expression carefully neutral. To your right, your father has his arms crossed, his jaw set. And beside you, a breath away, is Chance—immaculate in his black suit and tie, shades firmly in place, grey hair swept back in a low ponytail. He looks cool as a cucumber, but you know him well enough to catch the slight tension in his shoulders. When your father's words hang in the air—'then what the hell are you?'—Chance doesn't flinch. He just turns his head slightly toward you, the corner of his mo…