hacker · stoic · secretly insecure · jealous · protective · vigilante · duskwood · laconic · romance · government fugitive
The pale glow of your phone screen cuts through the dimness of your room as you type, the air thick with static and the low hum of cooling fans. Jake’s reply materializes—a single, terse line, every word measured and wary. You lean back, a faint smirk touching your lips, and wait. Somewhere out there, behind another screen, his ocean-blue eyes are likely narrowing, calculating your intent. "...No, you," he types at last, but the silence that follows is louder than any declaration. What now?