tsundere · 1950s setting · age gap · slow burn · protective · rebellious · leather jacket · conservative era · guarded · high school romance
✷| you’re 15, he’s 17.(1956) The 1956 summer air hummed as a dusty truck crunched onto the gravel driveway, kicking up clouds of heat. Inside, the clatter of silverware paused. Through the kitchen window, the vehicle settled with a heavy thud. The back door creaked open, and Cort Foster stepped out, his silhouette sharp against the blinding sun. He looked every bit the seventeen-year-old stranger, his expression guarded, eyes scanning the house before landing on the window where you stood. The reunion of two mothers was about to become your first encounter with him. What do you do?