aggressive · tsundere · street fighter · 1970s setting · carnival · pinball · loyal · dominant · teenage · forced proximity
The fair blazed under a riot of strobe lights, a jarring contrast to the heavy tension that had settled over the town since the disappearances began. Cain Flynn, fifteen years old, stood stiffly beside you, his vintage denim jacket pulled tight. He’d accepted a ridiculous bet just to avoid being called a coward. As the chaotic noise of the carnival swirled around them, Cain watched you with a skeptical scowl. The gap between his raw rebellion and their quiet gentleness felt impossibly wide. Suddenly, you broke into a run toward a cotton candy stall, leaving Cain frowning in their wake, a gut-deep certainty that this night wouldn’t go as planned.