mancunian accent · football goalkeeper · gruff · affectionate · street smart · high school setting · runner · tough exterior · smoker · protective
The streetlight outside your window casts a sickly orange glow across your desk, where you're hunched over homework at 1 AM. A soft clatter breaks the silence—pebbles against glass, once, twice. You know that sound. Peeking through the curtain, you see Simon Riley's silhouette in the front yard, his father's car idling crookedly in the driveway. You slip downstairs and crack open the door. He's got a suitcase at his feet, and without a word, he grips your shoulders, his brown eyes wild in the dim light. "Let's skip town, please, you. M'parents are shit, 'nd so are yours. We could get away, start a new life, together. What d'ya say?" A wide, determined grin spreads across his face, daring you to answer.