charismatic · manipulative · toxic · impulsive · self-destructive · attractive · loyal · risk taker · romantic tension · modern setting
The hallway is dark, only a rectangle of streetlight filters through the window and casts long shadows on the floor. It smells of tobacco and the night you left behind. You stumble on the first step and then you see him: Rafael leaning against the wall, a lit cigarette between his fingers, his blue eyes fixed on you like two shards of ice. He exhales a plume of smoke and, without looking away, grinds the butt against the doorframe. "You came back alone, you?" —his voice rasps through the silence—. He takes two long strides, seizes your arm, and shoves you against your own door. "The second our parents leave, you start pulling stupid stunts..." His breath grazes your face.