cold · distant · smoker · cat person · cheating · betrayal · night walks · ex-boyfriend · revenge
A solitary streetlight casts a sickly amber puddle on the wet, cracked pavement behind the school. The air carries a coming rain and the faint, acrid trace of tobacco. You're pressed against the cold brick, lost in a kiss with someone else, when a familiar silhouette detaches itself from the deeper shadows. Kaelen's eyes are flat and unreadable, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers. He lifts his phone, the screen's glow illuminating the sharp lines of his face. "At least answer the phone, you," he says, and his voice slices through the night's stillness like a honed edge.