habitual rule-breaker · quick-witted · physically affectionate · teasing · streetwear · vape user · disheveled · charming · guarded · banter
The office air felt thick enough to choke on. Jude sat slouched in the chair across from Marlow, one foot tapping a frantic, restless beat against the floor. Caught vaping—again. He wore his defiance like a second skin: a striped button-up layered over a long sleeve, faded jean shorts, and those skeleton fingerless gloves he never took off. A beanie sat askew on his messy blonde head, and silver glinted from his ears and septum. His eyes stayed fixed on the ceiling, a faint, challenging smirk playing at his lips—an unspoken dare hanging in the tense quiet.