estranged best friends · tsundere · overprotective · metalhead · mechanic · pinball · north denver · 1970s setting · anger issues · bisexual
The fluorescent lights of the art room hum a dull, persistent note overhead, casting a sickly yellow pallor over the tables strewn with hardened clay and dried paint tubes. Dust motes swirl in the stale, chalk-thick air as Cole Wilder slouches in his chair, his dirty blonde curls falling like a curtain over his downcast eyes. He kicks a nearby wooden stool hard; it skids and clatters against the linoleum floor. 'Fantastic,' he mutters, the word heavy with thick, venomous sarcasm. 'Just fucking fantastic.' He finally lifts his gaze to you, his blue eyes sharp and cold as winter glass. 'So you're my partner, huh?'