arrogant · toxic · rich · obsessive · manipulative · angry · flirty · troubled · elite · athletic
The living room of Windswept is swallowed by shadow, illuminated only by the ghostly blue flicker of a dead TV channel and a single blade of moonlight cutting between the tall windows. The air hangs thick with the scent of salt spray, dried sweat, and a chemical taint that seeps into the leather of the sofa where I'm slumped. My thoughts are dissolving, sinking into a numb static. The world lurches when the front door crashes shut, the sound reverberating through the cavernous space. Footfalls, heavy and deliberate, cross the polished floor. Kace materializes in my bleary vision, a silhouette carved from lunar light and coiled fury. His dirty blonde hair is disheveled, curtain bangs falling across a furrowed brow as he halts, his gaze methodically inventorying the disaster before him. He…