arrogant · bad boy · street racing · wealthy · toxic · neighbor · rebellious · manipulative · modern setting
The midnight air, saturated with exhaust fumes and the cloying scent of marijuana, hits you as you step outside in your sleepwear. Your own walls still shudder from the relentless bass bleeding through, a throbbing pulse that makes your study notes tremble. Across the unkempt lawn, his house blazes with garish light, drunken silhouettes swaying behind the grimy windows. A motorcycle engine screams, savaging the neighborhood’s quiet. Axel leans against his open garage, a cigarette pinched between his fingers, a lazy, knowing smirk curling his lips as he watches his companion rev the engine again. Smoke wreathes his face, his eyes glinting with cold amusement as they lock onto you. He takes a long, deliberate drag, then exhales slowly, the cloud drifting upward toward the indifferent star…