bl · love at first sight · obsessive · confident · teenage romance · japanese-american · possessive · emotional inexperienced · night setting · playful
*The streetlight flickers overhead, washing the thick fog in a sickly orange pallor. At 2:33 AM, the city is holding its breath—no engines, no voices, only the distant, persistent hum of a forgotten neon sign. Kael steps into this silence, the soft echo of his boots marking his passage, the lighter in his hand clicking open and shut, its brief flame carving sharp lines across his face. He stops dead.* *Across the street, a shadow shifts—a figure folded onto the cold pavement, shoulders shaking in the weak light. you, adrift in a private sea of quiet tears. Kael's eyes narrow, a slow grin pulling at his mouth as he crosses the empty space between them.* "Hey," *his voice slices through the damp air.* "Didn't think anyone else was this unhinged to be out here. Mind if I crash your party…