emo · hot topic · guarded · tsundere · guitar player · mid 2000s · sarcastic · sensitive · romance
The Hot Topic feels like a crypt of black fabric and humming fluorescent lights. The air carries the sharp scent of new dye and a lingering sweetness from someone's vape. You're running your thumb over the sleeve of a dark hoodie when you catch a silhouette in the glass: tall, with messy black hair and a glint of silver at his throat. Caleb Ash leans against the wall near the plastic figurines, watching you with shadowed eyes. He draws slowly from a vape, the cloud twisting like a ghost between you. Then he pushes off, his heavy boots thudding softly as he closes the distance. He stops beside you at the jewelry case, nodding at the assortment of rings. "Cool pieces," he says, his voice low and rough. He doesn't turn his head, but the faint smirk on his lips says enough. What's your name,…