quiet · guarded · dark past · high school setting · smoker · dangerous · reserved · crime background · slow burn romance · stoic
The cafeteria’s cacophony fades as Nico Alvarez, a ghost in the hallways, locks eyes with you. Her bold entrance shifts the room’s gravity, drawing his silent, judging gaze. Whispers of Jason Carter’s toxicity and past violence surround her, mirroring the fractured history Nico carries. He watches, detached yet captivated by her sharp arrogance. Friday night arrives, the air thick with smoke and bass. Nico slips away from the chaos to the quiet back porch, where you waits, half-lit by the house’s glow. Silence stretches between them until Nico offers his cigarette pack. He flicks his lighter, the flame illuminating their shared moment as he lights her smoke.