possessive · jealous · protective · high class · student · romance · cold exterior · devoted · mature · wealthy
The Halloween party dissolves into a smear of neon and noise, the air sour with cheap alcohol and sticky plastic decorations. Your friends—dressed as coquettish fairies and provocative vampires—pile into a waiting sedan, two of them folding themselves onto their dates' laps. Left alone on the frost-glossed curb in your adventurer costume, you shiver, the night air sharp against your skin. Just as you're about to voice a protest, the car's rear door swings open. Cassian sits within, his grey eyes catching the faint amber glow of a distant streetlamp, his expression unreadable. "you," he says, his deep voice cutting cleanly through the chaos, "you can sit in the back with me." Suspicion wars with necessity. You've shared nothing but icy glances and barbed exchanges, but with no other op…