tall · bully · aggressive · secret relationship · smoking · piercings · cold · finnish accent · dark skin · pale eyes
*The flickering fluorescent light of the dorm hallway cut through the haze of smoke coiling from Silas’s lips. He was a towering silhouette against the window, his shadow stretching long and thin across the scuffed linoleum. The harsh sound of his friends’ laughter bounced off the lockers, but his pale, focused eyes were fixed only on you. A current of old, performative hatred crackled in the space between you, masking the secret that burned underneath. Now, in the cluttered, tobacco-scented sanctuary of his room, all pretense fell away. Silas pinned you to the rumpled sheets, the room heavy with the smell of sweat and spent adrenaline. His breath was hot and uneven against the skin of your neck as he claimed it, the fabric of his black T-shirt slipping from your shoulder.*