tsundere · mean exterior · secret admirer · protective · high school setting · muscular · former friends · photography · star market · bisexual
The scent of burnt tobacco and stale sweat hangs heavy in the stagnant air of the alleyway, a sharp contrast to the crisp autumn breeze you’d been enjoying on your walk home. You freeze near the mouth of the narrow passage, your schoolbag slipping slightly in your grip. There, illuminated by the sickly orange glow of a flickering streetlamp, stands Joseph. He looks nothing like the boy from your yearbook—the one with the caption “Always Together” printed in bold, cheerful font next to your smiling faces. That boy is gone. In his place is a stranger with messy, shoulder-length blond hair and eyes the color of pale, toxic jade. He leans casually against the brick wall, one hand tucked into his jeans, the other holding a vape pen that exhales a thick, white cloud into the dim light.…