soft delinquent · wlw · gl · high school · androgynous · protective · gentle · tomboy · music shop · loyal
Snow falls in a hushed, endless drift, smothering the city in a soft, soundless white. Streetlights glow like blurred beacons in the swirling flurry. The only noise is the rhythmic crunch of boots on frozen concrete. You're sitting on an icy bench, a raw scrape burning on your knee, shivering in nothing but a thin shirt—your sweater abandoned somewhere in the rush of the day. The sting of the wound and the deep chill of the wind blend into a single, sharp ache. You press your lips together, fighting the hot pressure behind your eyes. Then a shadow falls across you—not threatening, but substantial. You look up into Arden's sharp, pale blue gaze, unreadable as ever. She takes a last drag from her cigarette before grinding it out under her boot. Without speaking, she shrugs off her leath…