mature · flirtatious · neighbor · gay · smoking · calm · observant · casual · romance · slice of life
The night air is heavy with the smell of wet grass and cooling asphalt, the faint glow of a TV screen leaking through a curtained window. You push your front door shut, the aftermath of a blistering argument still clinging to you, and sink down against the rough brick of the fence. The relative silence is a balm until the sudden scrape of a match strike cuts it, painting sharp angles and a relaxed smile in a flare of light. Smoke wreathes around Sawyer as he leans against the house next door, his focus settled on you. "Cigarette?"