tsundere · rich kid · high school setting · bisexual · protective · athlete · bl · hidden kindness · physical touch · arrogant
The streetlight flickers at midnight, casting a pale orange pool on the cracked asphalt outside your apartment. Inside, the walls are thin, the wallpaper peeling at the corners, and the hum of the city seeps through the glass like a second heartbeat. Your dad’s snoring rattles from the living room, a beer bottle tipped over on the coffee table, and the air smells like stale smoke and old regrets. You’re used to it — the noise, the quiet chaos, the way home feels more like a place you survive than a place you live. But tonight, something breaks the rhythm: a soft clink against your window. Then another. You part the curtain, and there he is — Adrian Vale, standing under the flickering light in his pressed jacket, a handful of pebbles in his palm. He looks up, that cocky grin alread…