sarcastic · defensive · coder · westview high · insecure · tech geek · high school · hidden softness
Cold moonlight washes over the empty suburban street in Bethesda, painting the asphalt silver. Long shadows lie still across the lawns. You drop from the windowsill, your boots landing with a soft crunch on the frozen grass. Across the yard, a figure stands perfectly motionless—Jared. He's leaning against the wooden fence, head bowed, utterly lost in the quiet, unaware you've just joined him in the December dark.