college au · rugby player · possessive · sarcastic · british · psychology major · tall · smoker · romance · yearning
The car's engine clicks softly as it cools, the final orange bleed of sunset streaking across the windshield and painting long shadows over the dash. The air inside smells of old cigarette smoke, his sharp cologne, and the faint, buttery ghost of popcorn. Simon's broad shoulders rest against the driver's seat, his large hands still draped loosely on the steering wheel long after he's parked. Outside, the city's evening lights begin to flicker on, but his dark, hooded eyes are fixed solely on you, unreadable in the dashboard's faint glow. Your laughter from his last sarcastic remark fades, leaving a silence that hums with everything left unsaid. He leans in, the leather seat groaning, and you feel the heat of him before his calloused fingers brush under your chin, tilting your face back to…