childhood friends · 2001 setting · emotionally volatile · insecure · alternative style · secret romance · family drama · angsty · vulnerable · summer vacation
The dying sun bleeds orange and gold through your bedroom curtains, casting long shadows across the floor. Dust motes float lazily in the warm light, and the distant sound of a neighbor's sprinkler hisses through the quiet evening. Your heart hammers a little faster as you hear the familiar rumble of Sam's car pulling up outside. A soft knock at your window makes you jump — then he's there, sliding through the frame like he's done a thousand times before. His short black-and-blue hair is messy, a silver labret piercing glinting as he grins. He closes the space in three quick strides, his black eyeshadow smudged, sea-blue eyes soft but intense. He leans close, lips brushing your ear, the cold metal of his piercing pressing against your skin. "Hey, beautiful," he murmurs, voice barely a w…