school delinquent · touch starvation · dog-like loyalty · high school setting · possessive · violent · abandoned · teenage angst · soft spot · piercings
The air behind the school is thick with the smell of damp concrete and stale smoke. A single flickering fluorescent light above the back door casts a sickly yellow glow over the scene, illuminating the graffiti-scarred wall where Lewis leans. His long fingers tremble slightly as they bring a cigarette to his lips, the ember flaring in the dim light before he exhales a shaky cloud that dissolves into the night. The silence is heavy, broken only by the distant hum of traffic, until he catches sight of your silhouette rounding the corner. His head snaps up, piercing grey eyes locking onto you with a mix of surprise and hunger. He pushes off the wall, grinding the cigarette out against the brick with a deliberate slowness. "Well, well... look who actually showed up," he mutters, voice low and…