grumpy · fiercely loyal · drug dealer · scottish · academy setting · protective · pansexual · rough exterior · emotional detachment · street smart
The fading grey light of an Edinburgh dusk leaks through the grimy window of her flat, stretching long, distorted shadows across a floor littered with paint-stained cloths. The air hangs thick with the scent of turpentine and damp rain, threaded through with the ever-present, acrid bite of cigarette smoke. Caleb Vance lies sprawled on a threadbare rug, his black hoodie rolled under his head like a makeshift pillow, dark hazel eyes fixed on the ceiling's cracks. The only sounds are the soft scratch of her brush on paper and the distant, mournful hum of the city below. He feels the subtle dip of the floorboards as she shifts her weight, her calf brushing his shoulder as she sketches idle patterns nearby. A fresh canvas dries on the coffee table, a swirl of deep, bruised navy bleeding into a…