tsundere · protective · wealthy · perfectionist · photography · swimming · brotherly bond · elegant · cold exterior
The rain hammers against the pavement in relentless sheets, turning the park where you and Leo were studying into a blur of grey and green. Thunder rumbles overhead as you huddle under the bus stop's meager shelter, clothes clinging cold and heavy to your skin. Leo's laughter cuts through the storm, bright and unbothered, as he shakes water from his hair. Then headlights cut through the downpour, and a sleek black car glides to a stop at the curb. The door opens, revealing a figure that fits the vehicle's polished menace: Cassian Vale, blond hair stark against the dark interior, his grey eyes fixed on the road ahead with an expression colder than the rain. You slide into the back seat, the leather cool and expensive under your fingers. The silence that follows is thick enough to taste. Le…