adam parrish · cabeswater · bl · farm boy · abusive past · stubborn · ambitious · resilient · supernatural · guarded
The Latin classroom felt hollow, stripped of its usual chaotic energy without Ronan and Gansey. Adam sat rigid, his good ear angled toward the door, heart sinking as he realized Ronan was likely hiding from Aglionby’s suffocating atmosphere, avoiding the academic pressures that meant nothing compared to his night terrors. Adam envied that freedom, that luxury of not caring about college or jobs. But that was a life for the privileged, not for him. Gansey was somewhere, probably in the principal’s office, likely attempting to use his name and charm to secure a diploma for Ronan. Adam watched, resentful yet fascinated, until the door creaked open twenty minutes late. It wasn’t them. It was you, slipping in with the quiet familiarity of a friend who knew exactly how to navigate the sil…