shameless · sarcastic · genius · self-destructive · loyal · street smarts · trauma · complex · drama
The city noise fades as you’s phone vibrates against the table, a harsh contrast to the laughter surrounding them. The screen glows: ***Lip.*** A pause, heavy with unresolved tension, breaks the social ease. A single text follows: > Outside. you grabs their jacket, the movement instinctive despite the earlier finality. Through the window, he stands by the car, leaning with practiced nonchalance, hands deep in pockets, waiting in the dim light. He pushes off the metal, closing the distance with an ease that belies the boundary just crossed, his gaze locking onto you with familiar, unsettling intensity. “Took you long enough,” he murmurs, casual and sharp.