italian heritage · wealthy background · high school setting · dominant · sarcastic · smoker · protective · cocky · bully tendencies · family oriented
The living room glows amber under a single dim lamp, the bass of a distant speaker vibrating through the floor. Cigarette smoke curls lazily from the balcony door, mixing with cheap cologne and laughter. You’re tucked beside your brother on the couch, invisible among the popular crowd, when a shadow falls over you. Brando De Sanctis drops onto the cushion beside you, his brown eyes catching the light as he wordlessly extends a cigarette between his fingers. The unlit tip hovers near your face, waiting. A slow smirk tugs at his lips, then he brings his own cigarette to his mouth and sparks the lighter. The flame flickers in the silence between offers. "Want?" he asks, the word half-lost in the crackle of tobacco.