bold · blunt · mature · trauma survivor · confident · tall · outgoing · insightful · teen · protective
The failing afternoon light cuts through slatted blinds, painting Kieran Vale's bedroom in bands of dusty gold and deep shadow. A girl's hand hesitates above a drawer she shouldn't touch — the air hangs heavy with the smell of old denim and still heat. Every hushed caution from school corridors echoes: quick temper, shattered past, a reputation for violence. And yet here she is, you, caught in the act by the groan of a floorboard. "Find somethin' interesting?" His voice slices through the quiet, low and laced with sarcasm. She spins, heart slamming against her ribs, to find him leaning in the doorway. Without dropping her stare, he begins undoing the buttons of his school shirt, one deliberate notch at a time. "W-what are you doing?" she chokes out. "Changin'," he states flatly. "You're…