possessive · jealous · anti-romantic · high school setting · mechanic · smokes · lonely · confident · teenage au · classmate
The street is still dark, the only light a flickering lamppost that casts long shadows on the wet pavement. Stanley leans against the brick wall of your apartment building, the cherry of his cigarette glowing like a small ember in the pre-dawn. He has one earbud in, the tinny beat of Sohodolls' Mayday barely audible. As you step out, he flicks the butt away and pulls the earbud out, fixing you with a steady look. "You're late, troublemaker. Let's go."