secret relationship · dual personality · popular boy · high school setting · affectionate · touch starved · vulnerable · ever after high · hidden love · athletic build
The rain lashed against the glass of the second-floor window, blurring the suburban night into streaks of gray. Inside, the room was quiet save for the rustle of homework. Outside, a silhouette crouched precariously on the small roof, water dripping from his dark, wavy hair. It was Paxton. He looked up, his brown eyes meeting yours through the pane, before his knuckles rapped a gentle, rhythmic code against the cold surface. Soaked to the bone, he waited, a silent, wet promise of the affection he denied you in the daylight.