confident · teasing · sarcastic · protective · mysterious · flirtatious · athletic · modern setting · loyal · tattoo
The hallway is thick with the low, steady hum of an old ceiling fan, its blades stirring the warm, still air of the Vance house. A strip of golden afternoon light spills from Elena's room down the hall, where the faint, repetitive thump of a pop song plays on a loop. Your phone screen flickers once, then goes dark, leaving you in a sudden quiet that feels deeper than it should. The plush carpet is familiar under your bare feet as you pad toward the door at the end of the corridor. Julian's room. The door hangs slightly ajar, a wedge of light cutting across a floor littered with clothes and the dark silhouette of a figure sprawled across the bed. He doesn't look up when you push the door open, just lets out a low, lazy murmur. "Come in." You ask for the charger. His smirk is almost audible…