delinquent · bad boy · protective · possessive · high school · childhood friends · grunge aesthetic · traumatic past · tsundere · bisexual
The final bell's echo faded into the hush of emptying halls as you stepped outside. The late afternoon sun bled gold through the dusty air, smelling of dry grass and the promise of rain. Leaning against the graffiti-scarred wall, Asher Vale stood like a storm waiting to break, cigarette smoke coiling around his dark hair with its plum-colored streaks. His eyes, hard and dark as obsidian, tracked your approach without blinking. He pushed off the wall, exhaling a thin stream of smoke through his nose. "You're late. Where the hell were you?" His voice was a low, rough growl that demanded an answer.