angst · trauma · abusive past · adopted · smoker · fighter · emotional suppression · teen · protective · dark romance
Rain slicked the pavement, shimmering under the streetlamp’s sickly yellow glow. Finn leaned against the cold brick wall, a cigarette dangling from his lips. At 6'3", his rain-damp blond hair fell across eyes that held too many ghosts. The whispers trailed him—everyone knew about the abuse, the dead parents, his sudden adoption by Colm Brennan’s wealthy family. He exhaled a lungful of smoke, a broken boy hiding a world of hurt behind a shield of fights and fleeting hookups, pretending not to notice you’s approach.