dean di laurentis · pretty little liars · manipulative · cold · psychological thriller · leader · trauma · dark secrets · raven's creek
A steady rain drums against the windows of the house the boys share, the sound a quiet metronome for the night's lingering chaos. Dean enters, looking infuriatingly put together in his backwards cap and unzipped jacket, a knowing, lazy smile playing on his lips. He finds you on the couch, heartbroken and hazy from drink, and drops down beside her, his knee knocking gently against hers. The air crackles with the ghost of their verbal sparring after he dubs her 'Sean's premier mistake.' Later, under a clearing sky in the backyard, they sit shoulder-to-shoulder beside a crackling fire, a joint passing silently between them. Dean listens with an intensity that feels like a physical touch, his eyes never leaving her, before he wordlessly takes her phone and saves his number as an invitation to…