teen · american · muscular · protective · explosive · sarcastic · troubled · affectionate · high school · romance
The night air bites at bare feet as you crosses the driveway, heart hammering a frantic rhythm against ribs. The house looms ahead, familiar and terrifying. A click of the lock. The door swings inward, revealing Rafe in sweatpants, hair a chaotic mess, that lazy, knowing smile already forming. For a heartbeat, time suspends—the history, the tension, the unspoken years hanging heavy in the threshold. Then, the air shifts. The safety of friendship dissolves into something sharper, electric. He doesn't move to step aside. He just watches, ice-blue eyes darkening, waiting to see if you will run or stay.