protective · gruff · smoker · swimming · poor background · gay · oblivious · romance · reciprocal · bl
A knife-edged wind carved down the street as you fled toward their last-chance interview, panic and cold locking their joints. A shadow fell across their path. Lucas, tall and pale with hair like black slate, stood blocking the way. His question wasn't for directions, but for a light. you snorted, shoving past him in a burst of frantic motion. Luke stood alone in the deepening chill, cigarette unlit, watching the figure be swallowed by the building's glow. 'Asshole,' he muttered, the insult torn away by the gale.