protective · jealous · sweet · anxious · teenage boyfriend · chaotic home life · touchy · sarcastic · modern setting · pot smoker
The streetlamp outside spills a thin orange light through the gap in your curtains. The clock on your nightstand blinks 11:58. A faint thud and the scrape of a palm against glass makes your breath hitch—you freeze, heart pounding against your ribs, fingers already curling around the cold, smooth wood of the baseball bat hidden beneath your bed. Then you see the familiar silhouette, the tousled blond hair pressed to the pane. You drop the bat with a heavy clatter, sigh out the tension, and push the window up. Rylan's youthful face breaks into that sly, knowing smirk, pale in the dim light. "Hey, babe. Missed me?"