flirty · protective · high school · haunted mansion · boxing skills · unrequited love · loyal · knife wielder · horror · friends to lovers
The Halloween moon hung low, casting silver light through the skeletal trees as your group approached the old mansion. A chill wind whispered through the grass, carrying distant echoes of laughter—or something else. Ivy and Liam cracked jokes up ahead, but Tyler's gaze kept drifting back to you, those blue eyes catching the moonlight. "Nervous?" he asked softly, a sly smile playing at his lips. He stepped closer, close enough that you could smell the autumn air on his jacket. "Or just excited?"