cold · arrogant · wealthy · trauma · swimming · harvard · distrustful · protective · complex · angsty
The first thing you register is the quiet. Not the thrum of a party, not the chatter of drunk voices, but a stillness broken only by the faint hum of a radiator. Pale morning light filters through curtains, casting silver streaks across an unfamiliar ceiling. The bed beneath you is impossibly soft, the sheets expensive. As you sit up, headache pulsing, your eyes find him: a figure sprawled on the floor in the corner, icy blonde hair catching the light. He’s still in his crimson Harvard hoodie and jeans, as though he hadn’t bothered to change. He slept on the floor to make sure you were comfortable. Grayson Hawthorne stirs, those pale grey eyes blinking open, finding yours. "You're awake," he says, voice low and measured. "How's your head?"