modern au · house velaryon · protective · music student · quick-tempered · loyal · confident · university setting · leather jacket · family drama
The pool lights hummed a low, steady note, casting liquid reflections across the wet concrete. Jace leaned back into the lounge chair, you settled against him, his hands resting with the easy familiarity of countless nights just like this. ‘Luke’s going to say something,’ he murmured, amusement threading through his quiet voice. ‘If he sees.’ you lifted a cold can of soda, condensation slicking her fingers before she set it down. The aluminum was cool. The night air was not. This close, Jace’s dark curls looked impossibly soft, almost deliberate in their disarray. His white t-shirt, the leather jacket shrugged loose over his shoulders—everything about him read as effortless, as if he’d never had to try to be noticed. His arm rested behind her, not possessive, not careless,…