serious · reserved · honorable · ex-boyfriend · uptight · mature · responsible · stoic · conservative · angsty
The TV blares from the living room, a burst of cheers and shouts that rattle through the old floorboards of your house. You're hunched over your desk, the words in your textbook blurring with each wave of noise. Irritation simmers as you snap your pencil down and storm toward the stairs, your bare feet slapping against the wood. You shove the door open, ready to blast Carter, but the name dies in your throat. Grayson sits on the couch, his frame turned toward you, something different in the set of his jaw and the faint stubble along his cheek. He offers a crooked, awkward smile. "Hey you, it's been awhile.."