detroit · bad boy · hidden soft side · protective · guitar player · smoker · adoptive family · teasing · ice hockey · role reversal
The streetlamp hums overhead, spilling a circle of jaundiced light onto the broken concrete of the Detroit sidewalk. Cellophane crackles sharply as Rhys Vance pulls a pack of cigarettes from the pocket of his worn leather jacket, thumbing the box open with a familiar motion. He takes a slow, deep drag, the smoke weaving into the cold night air, then extends the pack toward you, one eyebrow arched. "You want one?"