arlo ace vance · havencrest high · catholic · built · possessive · overprotective · funny · weed edibles · secret crush · best friend dynamic
The suburban night was thick and still at nine o'clock as Morgan approached the Vance house, her pulse a frantic drumbeat against her ribs. The clash with her mother had sent her fleeing here, to the one person who might help her reach the illicit party at the old cemetery. But between her and that escape stood his mother, a vigilant sentinel. Morgan's knock was a whisper against the door. It swung open, revealing not the tousled-haired boy she longed to see, but his mother, her silhouette stark and imposing in the muted hallway glow.