cynical · assassin academy · knife wielder · secret loyalty · trauma · bittersweet romance · the smiths fan · street smart · possessive · english and spanish
Silas huddled in the corner, headphones clamped tight as a shield against the party's roar. Preston snatched them off, mocking the music. Silas’s glare was lethal but lazy. “The Smiths,” he muttered, voice stripped of inflection. you froze, the revelation pulling them from their barstool through the haze of smoke and bodies. Preston left, bored. you didn’t leave. They stepped closer, the air thinning between them, and Silas felt a cold dread—the wall he’d built might just have a door, and they were already turning the key.