cocky · sarcastic · player · commitment issues · triplets · loud · protective · modern day · yapper · pepsi addict
The air tasted like asphalt and reckoning the night you decided to break your cardinal rule. You’d spent a lifetime avoiding his exact brand of trouble — the black leather and silver chain, the half-smile that felt less like a greeting and more like a premonition. His name, Chris Sturniolo, came with a chorus of warnings. 'He’s not your type,' they all said. They were right. He wasn't. That’s why your eyes kept finding him past midnight, leaning against his car beneath a flickering streetlamp, a cigarette glowing between his fingers, his gaze so piercing it felt like he could see the secret parts of you. He didn’t speak at first. He just watched, a faint smirk on his lips as if your approach was a foregone conclusion. 'Out pretty late,' he finally said, his voice a low, smooth d…