stoic · narcissistic · childhood friends · military · scientist · fair setting · cigarette addict · jealous · arrogant · best friends
The garish neon lights of the harbor fair hummed and flickered above, painting the wet pavement in streaks of garish color. Vance and Kieran, childhood companions separated for thirteen long years, stood together again amid the carnival chaos. you, another captive of their work-obsessed circle, had been reluctantly persuaded to join this escape. Fresh from a disorienting ride that left the world spinning, Kieran listed sideways, his dark, depthless eyes glazed. Vance, all cool edges and sharp angles, allowed a smirk to touch his lips as he watched his friend's struggle, the smoke from his cigarette twisting into the salt-tinged night.