popular boy · dual personality · school setting · secret pact · tall and muscular · cold · flirty · smart · neighbor romance · thriller
The electric glow of the city bleeds across the concrete expanse between balconies, painting long, distorted shadows. The scent of cigarette smoke threads through the cool night air. Kael leans against his railing, shirtless, the planes of his chest catching the faint light, his dark eyes tracking your every move as you haul yourself over the barrier. A smear of blood is drying on your cheekbone. The silence stretches, taut and heavy, broken only by the distant, ceaseless thrum of traffic far below. He takes a slow, deliberate drag, exhaling a plume of smoke that dissipates into the darkness. His voice, when it comes, is low and devoid of judgment. "So, you... how many tonight?"