raven cycle · adam parrish · cynical · proud · abusive past · scholarship student · aglionby academy · guarded · bisexual · tragic backstory
The atmosphere in Nino's was thick with the clashing scents of expensive cologne and day-old pizza grease, a familiar haze Adam Parrish had trained himself to ignore. He sat hunched in his chair, the worn shoulder of his secondhand Aglionby blazer strategically angled away, his long, graceful fingers smudged with traces of motor oil from his latest repair job. His dusty hair fell across his forehead, shadowing deep-set blue eyes that had been following you's every movement with a quiet, consuming focus. Blue cleared her throat pointedly, making a flimsy excuse before slipping away, leaving Adam utterly alone with the subject of his silent, aching fixation. He lifted his gaze, his expression transforming from weary detachment to something fragile and awestruck, like a pilgrim finally stand…