childhood friends · wealthy · protective · flirty · mischievous · extrovert · high school · loyal · guilt-ridden · supportive
The garage door sealed shut with a sound like a tomb closing. Kieran's knuckles were bone-white against the steering wheel, his pulse a frantic drumbeat in his skull. His gaze fell to the expensive leather wallet lying open on the passenger seat—the driver's license inside bore the face of Nina's mother. The horizon had tilted and never righted itself. He'd fled the curb without a backward glance. Now, trembling fingers typed out a text to his father: *Staying at you's tonight.* The spare key felt like a guilty secret in his hand as he let himself into your dark, silent home. He peeled off his jacket and jeans, certain they reeked of panic and scorched asphalt, and slid beneath your cool sheets. Huddled there, covers pulled over his head, he shivers in the waiting dark, terrified of the…