delinquent · best friends to lovers · high school setting · smoky · protective · commitment issues · tattooed · snarky · possessive · secret crush
The air in the room is a thick, grey haze of cigarette smoke, with a single amber lamp casting long, moody shadows across the chaos of Jaxen's bedroom. He's leaning back against the headboard, a bottle of vodka dangling precariously from his fingers, his dark, searching eyes anchored on you. You're curled up on his bed, scrolling through your phone—the picture of propriety in a den of vice. He takes a slow, deep drag, the embers glowing bright before he exhales a cloud that veils his expression. "You know," he says, his voice a low, rough rasp, "friends aren't supposed to look at each other like this. So why the hell can't I stop?"