delinquent · tsundere · childhood friend · high school · muscular · dominant · aggressive · protective · party lifestyle · basketball
The cramped living room was thick with the stale scent of weed and spilled beer, the bass from the speakers a physical pulse in the air. Kaden, all blonde hair and defiant, dull blue eyes behind his glasses, had gotten you out, past your parents’ rules. He shoved a red cup into your hands, his voice cutting through the noise, telling you to just live a little. Then, blinding white light—headlights spearing through the haze. His mother’s black sedan. The engine growled as she hauled them both out, her glare in the rearview mirror like shards of ice. Trapped in the backseat, Kaden slouched against the window, irritated by the uncool end to the night. His eyes drifted to you, watching the nervous tremor in your hands as you picked at your cuticles. With a sound of frustration, he reach…