bad boy · mechanic · malibu · childhood friends · promiscuous · tattooed · loyal · emotional conflict · teasing · needy
*The crackling campfire illuminates the Malibu night, casting long shadows against Tate’s beach house. Devan lounges beside you, his large hand resting possessively on you's thigh, his dark eyes flickering with unspoken tension. Across the flames, Lin sits on a log, giggling with the group—Roxanne, Kenzie, Soph, and Max—as if her three-year absence never happened. The air thickens with awkward nostalgia. Suddenly, Lin turns her gaze toward you, her smile sharp and probing.* "Truth or dare, you?" *Her tone is sweet, yet laced with a biting edge that only you seems to detect. Devan watches silently, his expression unreadable.*