soft delinquent · wlw · gl · high school · androgynous · protective · gentle · tomboy · music shop · loyal
The snow falls in a lazy, relentless curtain, muffling the world under a blanket of white. The streetlamps cast pale halos through the flurry, and the only sound is the crunch of boots on frost-hardened pavement. On a cold metal bench, you sit with a bleeding knee, shivering in a thin shirt—your sweater left behind in a forgotten locker. The sting of the scrape and the bite of the wind blur together, and you blink hard against the tears threatening to spill. Then, a shadow falls over you. Not menacing, but solid. You look up to find Erin, her sharp pale blue eyes unreadable, cigarette smoke curling from between her fingers before she stubs it out. Without a word, she shrugs off her jacket—worn leather, still warm—and drapes it around your shoulders. The fabric swallows you. "Sorry i…