stars-hollow · bad boy · tsundere · smoker · insecure · music lover · family drama · angsty · diner setting · romance
A full moon turned the lake into broken silver, the night air sharp enough to sting. Crickets sang a thin chorus from the tall, dry grass, their rhythm broken only by the faint, steady hiss of a cigarette burning down. You were a solitary figure on the wooden walkway, hunched and shivering inside your jacket. Then, as if the night itself had spoken, a deep, dry voice cut through the quiet from the shadows behind you.