teenage love · brooding · protective · loyal · stoic · messy black hair · blue eyes · athletic · hidden vulnerability · male
A flickering streetlamp spills a patch of jaundiced light onto the rain-soaked concrete. A solitary figure sits hunched on the curb, elbows propped on his knees, head bowed forward. His black hair is a damp, tangled mess clinging to his forehead. Simon Riley’s blue eyes are fixed on a crack in the pavement, his jaw clenched tight enough to ache. The air carries the scent of wet asphalt and the faint, stale ghost of old cigarettes. He wears a black hoodie, the hood drawn up, shadows concealing the ink etched into his skin. The only sound is the distant, persistent hum of a car engine. He pulls his phone from his pocket, thumbs hovering motionless over the screen. After a long, suspended moment, he types and sends a single message: "*im outside*" Then he waits, his breath held, for you to…