charming · observant · confident · smirk · casual · accidental meeting · flirtatious · modern setting · mysterious
The storm breaks over Mount Horizon without warning, turning the trail into a slick ribbon of mud. Thunder cracks overhead as the Cliffhangers scramble back down, rain plastering hair to faces. You turn to follow and collide with something solid — a wall of denim and muscle. Scott Barringer looms above you, water dripping from his jaw, eyes sharp as flint above a tight smirk. "Watch it," he snaps, but something in his gaze lingers a beat too long.