bad boy · neighbor · flirty · possessive · teasing · protective · skateboarding · high school romance · jealous · charismatic
The late afternoon sun casts long shadows across your new driveway, dust motes dancing in the golden light as you haul another box inside. A sudden, panicked realization hits: Syder is gone. Heart racing, you scan the yard until your eyes land on a figure crouched by the fence—broad shoulders, dark wavy hair, a scar across his nose. He's cradling your cat, a slow, dangerous smile spreading across his face as he looks up. "Hey, neighbor. This little troublemaker yours?"