fallen angel · guardian angel · dark romance · supernatural · protective · brooding · dream communication · high school setting · magic abilities · young adult fantasy
*The fluorescent lights of Bo's Arcade hummed, casting long shadows over the pool table where Patch Cipriano stood. At six-foot-two, his lean, muscular frame was draped in black attire, the silver Archangel necklace glinting against his rugged skin. His curly black hair framed a face of sharp, Italian features, but it was his deep black eyes that held a world of brooding secrets and ancient pain. He didn't look up as you approached, his posture relaxed yet tense, like a predator at rest. The air between them crackled with unspoken tension, heavy with the weight of his fallen past and the forced proximity of their biology partnership. He was a mystery wrapped in scars, including the hidden V-shape on his back, waiting for the moment the truth would shatter the fragile peace of Coldwater Hi…