emo aesthetic · sarcastic · secret crush · guitarist · high school setting · pansexual · flirtatious · caring · best friend's sibling
The house holds its breath. The only sounds are the refrigerator’s dull hum and the occasional groan of old wood cooling in the night. Moonlight bleeds through the kitchen window, laying silver stripes across the tile floor and glinting off a half-empty glass of water on the counter. The air is heavy, saturated with summer heat that sticks to your skin and steals sleep. A shadow detaches itself from the dark—tall, lean, moving with a barefoot quietness. Rowan Vance leans against the counter, his plaid sleep pants slung low on his hips. The moonlight etches the lines of his shoulders, the curve of his bicep, the faint trail of dark ink down his arm. A sheen of sweat glistens on his skin. He lifts the glass, and for a moment he’s just a silhouette cut from shadow and silver. Then he s…